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President's Spotlight—Back to Basics
ASB Newsletter – April 18, 2025
FSF Emerging Forensic Scientist Award Recipients Announced
Characteristics of hemorrhages located at the origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in...
The study aimed to determine the incidence, distribution, and relation to the knot in a noose position of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle origin hemorrhages in hangings and to assess their occurrence regarding the subjects' major anthropometric characteristics. A retros...
FSF Warren-Young Scholarship—May 1, 2025 Deadline
Systematic analysis of population studies performed with the ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep...
Many forensic laboratories have conducted sequence‐based population studies to support the integration of massively parallel sequencing (MPS). However, the data remain limited concerning African populations. MPS enhances allelic representation compared to CE methods. It is hypoth...
Reproducibility and repeatability experiment with nested factors applied to the evaluation...
In this article, a redefined gage reproducibility and repeatability (R&R) method is proposed to identify possible sources of error and variation components in a fingerprint morphometric measurement system. Unlike traditional gage R&R, this new method incorporates a linear...
In Memoriam: Sakhr Jaber AlQahtani
Forensic Nursing Science Section: 2026 Presentation Information
ABC Seeking Subject Matter Experts
Of rodents and foxes: Faunal activity and scavenging at carcasses in a Central European ...
Vertebrate activity can significantly affect forensic investigations. Trauma interpretation is impaired when vertebrates scavenge on injuries and inflict damage, and scavengers can hinder the recovery of human remains through dispersal. However, forensic scavenging research is sc...
Portable Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy and machine learning for sex...
Forensic entomology is crucial in medicolegal investigations, utilizing insects — primarily flies — to estimate a supplemental post‐mortem interval based on their development at the (death) scene. This estimation can be influenced by extrinsic factors like temperature and hum...
Estimation of postmortem submersion interval using total aquatic decomposition scores of...
Estimation of the postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) using total aquatic decomposition scores (TADS) has shown considerable promise in recent forensic research. Since decomposition is a time‐ and temperature‐dependent process, the Accumulated Degree Day (ADD) of water has been...
Assessing the effectiveness of alternate light sources in the search for skeletal remains
Many search and recovery operations for human skeletal remains are unsuccessful due to difficulties recognizing bones in outdoor environments even when evidence indicates the last known whereabouts of missing individuals. Though the collagen component of bone is known to emit flu...
Evaluation of enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay screening kits for the detection of...
Nitazene analogs are a highly potent class of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) that were first identified in forensic casework in the United States in 2019. While enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) remains a prevalent screening tool in forensic toxicology laboratories, ...
Evaluation of composition C‐4 odor signature on a novel sorption training aid substrate
The need for reliable non‐detonable training aid systems within explosive canine detection applications is imperative for optimal operational performance. This study utilized Getxent polymer technology for the creation of Composition C‐4 training aid material. The objectives of t...