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Distinguishing lone from group actor terrorists: A comparison of attitudes, ideologies,...
The increasing recognition of the risks posed by lone‐actor terrorists provides the impetus for understanding the psychosocial and ideological characteristics that distinguish lone from group actors. This study examines differences between lone and group actor terrorists in two d...
Evaluation of suspected drug‐facilitated sexual assault cases in the city of Houston from...
Drug‐facilitated sexual assault is a form of sexual violence against an individual incapacitated by alcohol and/or drugs consumed voluntarily or covertly administered. The purpose of this study was to evaluate toxicological results and the associated demographics of sexual assaul...
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Lack of fermentation in antemortem blood samples stored unstoppered in various locations
A common defense challenge when antemortem blood ethanol results are presented at trial is the assertion that ethanol was formed in the blood tube after the blood draw through fermentation of the blood glucose by Candida albicans (C. Albicans). In contrast, decades of research in...
Academy Aperçus—October 2022
Multimedia stream hashing: A forensic method for content verification
Forensic examination of digital audio, video, and images frequently requires transforming multimedia data from one format to another. The transformative activity may cause changes to the administrative elements of the file but leave the multimedia streams unchanged and intact. Ho...
Y‐STR mixture deconvolution by single‐cell analysis
Since Y‐STR typing only amplifies male Y chromosomal DNA, it can simplify the interpretation of some DNA mixtures that contain female DNA. However, if there are multiple male contributors, mixed Y‐STR DNA profiles will often be obtained. Y‐STR mixture analysis cases are particula...
Y‐STR mixture deconvolution by single‐cell analysis
Since Y‐STR typing only amplifies male Y chromosomal DNA, it can simplify the interpretation of some DNA mixtures that contain female DNA. However, if there are multiple male contributors, mixed Y‐STR DNA profiles will often be obtained. Y‐STR mixture analysis cases are particula...
Accuracy of comparison decisions by forensic firearms examiners
This black box study assessed the performance of forensic firearms examiners in the United States. It involved three different types of firearms and 173 volunteers who performed a total of 8640 comparisons of both bullets and cartridge cases. The overall false‐positive error rate...
Sexual Misconduct Resources and Information
AAFS takes the safety of its meeting attendees seriously, and strives to promote a welcoming experience for all. In order to promote a safe environment for conference attendees, we have resources for meeting attendees about sexual misconduct.
JFS Issues 1972 to 2005
Digitized full previous back issues of the Journal of the Forensic Sciences from 1972 through 2005 are available in DVD format through the former publisher of the JFS, ASTM. If you are interested in the collection, you may contact ASTM directly.