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Standard for Education, Training, Continuing Education, and Certification of Forensic...
Standard for Qualifications for Forensic Anthropology Practitioners
Standard for Skeletal Preparation and Sampling in Forensic Anthropology
Standard for Training in Statistical Calculations Used for Forensic Short Tandem Repeat ...
Standard for Training in Forensic Autosomal Short Tandem Repeat (STR) and Y-STR DNA Data...
ASB Newsletter – April 17, 2026
Long‐term regular follow‐up yields important benefits in forensic psychiatric patients...
Forensic psychiatric patients often present with severe psychopathology, functional impairment, and poor quality of life. Longitudinal follow‐up studies in forensic psychiatric outpatient populations remain limited. The objective is to assess psychopathology, quality of life, glo...
Assessments of self‐organizing feature maps (SOFM) versus principal component analysis ...
Gel pens, introduced by the Sakura Color Corporation in 1984, have become widely used in both formal and informal documentation due to their smooth writing, vibrant pigmentation, and resistance to fading. These features make them frequent subjects in forensic document examination...
Forensic psychiatric evaluation of legal capacity and guardianship in hospitalized...
Assessment of decision‐making capacity and guardianship in hospitalized patients represents a critical interface between forensic psychiatry, clinical medicine, and law. In Turkiye, such evaluations are frequently requested by courts or notaries; however, empirical data describin...
Insights from a six‐year hair drug analysis compendium in drug‐facilitated crimes...
Hair analysis is a well‐established matrix in forensic toxicology, offering a valuable alternative or complement to traditional matrices in diverse contexts, including drug‐facilitated crimes (DFC), elder abuse, and accidental exposure in children. However, objective interpretati...
Insights from a 6‐year hair drug analysis compendium in drug‐facilitated sexual assault...
Drug‐facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) may involve a diverse array of substances, including illicit drugs, prescription medications, and over‐the‐counter pharmaceuticals. Hair analysis has emerged as a valuable forensic tool, offering an extended window of detection spanning seve...
President’s Spotlight—Around the World and Beyond
A rare case of sudden death due to hemorrhage in a gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Sudden and unexpected natural death presents a diagnostic challenge in forensic practice, as the underlying cause often remains unclear before death. Acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to gastric tumors, such as gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), is an uncommon cause of ...
Recurrent violent behavior following medication discontinuation in chronic schizophrenia:...
Violence associated with schizophrenia is typically restricted to a small proportion of patients experiencing acute psychosis, impaired insight, or abrupt discontinuation of antipsychotic medication. Longitudinal forensic cases demonstrating recurrent severe violence across multi...
The discovery and analysis of two‐dimensional bloody footwear impressions at a fire scene
This case report describes the discovery and forensic analysis of two‐dimensional bloody footwear impressions that were fixed to ceramic tile by high temperatures from a fire. This is the first documented case of its kind in Chile. The impressions, initially latent beneath debris...
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Demystifying ISO 21043: Part 1—Introduction and Overview
This webinar (part 1 in a five-part series) will introduce attendees to the operations of ISO Technical Committee 272 (TC 272) and the affiliated United States Technical Advisory Group (US TAG) with the goal of framing how the ISO 21043 series of standards was developed and providing a general overview of where these standards fit into the forensic operational environment. Later parts of this series will address each part in further detail to provide background on their applicability and address questions from potential implementers.
