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ASB Newsletter – April 24, 2026
Performance of DRNNAGE for macroscopic age‐at‐death estimation in contemporary Brazilian...
In global forensic literature, methods for estimating age in young individuals are more commonly addressed than those applicable to adults. This trend is also evident in Brazil. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the DRNNAGE software for age estimation in Brazilian i...
Focal impaired awareness seizures in the context of postpartum psychosis and double...
Post partum psychosis is a rare but severe psychiatric emergency, and its comorbidity with a new onset focal seizure disorder can pose a profound diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We present a tragic traumatic case where a 30‐year‐old multiparous woman, 12 weeks postpartum, w...
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Assessing uncertainty in forensic alcohol calculations: The case for using percentile...
Forensic alcohol calculations are used to determine the amount of alcohol consumed based on (a) a relevant biological sample (i.e., breath or blood), (b) the blood alcohol concentration after a certain period following the consumption of a known quantity of alcohol, or (c) the ex...
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...
Applying knowledge graphs: Migrant decedent case trajectories in South Texas
The phenomenon of migrant death at the Texas‐Mexico border is well documented, but questions remain as concerns its spatial distribution and what happens to human remains after discovery. To start exploring these questions, we developed a knowledge graph (KG) approach to aggregat...