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Commentary on: Adams RK. Patient termination of a life‐sustaining medical device: Suicide...
Advances in commingled human remains analysis between 2014 and 2023
This study reviews recent advances in osteometric, genetic, geochemical, and digital modeling applications since 2014 to demonstrate the expanded range of analyses and skeletal elements that can be used to separate individuals from commingled contexts. While traditional methods r...
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Commentary on: Elkins KM, Garloff AT, Zeller CB. Additional predictions for forensic DNA...
An unusual case of high‐voltage electrocution of a truck driver due to inadvertent contact...
Electrocution deaths are mostly accidental. However, reconstruction of events in unusual electrocution death is challenging. This article reports an accidental death due to electrocution in a highly unusual circumstance, in which a truck driver reversing his vehicle was electrocu...
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Validation of image stream hashing: A forensic method for content verification
How do forensic examiners know if they have altered an image stream when converting a digital image from one codec or file container to another for analysis? Forensic standards and best practices recommend avoiding alteration or degradation of multimedia data during transcoding. ...
Pathway to terrorist behaviors: The role of childhood experiences, personality traits, and...
Radicalization to terrorism is a multifaceted process with no single theory or approach to explain it. Although research has focused on understanding the process, there is still a dearth of studies that examine an empirically driven pathway to terrorism behavior. This study exami...
Cervicothoracic junction in disaster victim identification: Idiosyncrasies and relevance...
Standard plain film medical radiographs often form a valuable line of evidence to identify individuals in large‐scale fatality events. While commonly available, chest radiographs present a challenge that their analysis is somewhat more involved and complex than radiographic recor...
Articles of Interest for Forensic Nurses
The relationship between pellet size and shotgun dispersion patterns
When reconstructing a shooting incident with a shotgun, the muzzle‐to‐target distance can be determined by relating the size of a dispersion pattern found on a crime scene to that of test shots. Ideally, the test shots are performed with the weapon and ammunition that were used i...
A “concrete” identification in a dismemberment case
Homicide perpetrators can use concrete as a means to conceal their victims. When concrete encasement is encountered in the forensic field, albeit rarely, it is often coupled with postmortem dismemberment. This method of obscuring the evidence presents unique investigative obstacl...
The systemic error in the vertical component of handgun bullet trajectory reconstructions
Establishing the path or trajectory of a fired bullet is an often recurring part of shooting incident reconstruction. The current study describes how gravitational pull causes a systemic error on the vertical component of a trajectory reconstruction. Bullet drop, drop angle, and ...