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Standard for the Documentation and Processing of Shooting Scenes
Best Practice Recommendation for Determining What Scene and Death Locations a Medicolegal...
Standard for Internal Validation of Human Short Tandem Repeat Profiling on Capillary...
Best Practice Recommendations for Internal Validation of Human Short Tandem Repeat...
Standard for Familial DNA Searching
Manipulation of vulnerable person via transformation of volunteer service to religious...
Elderly people can become victims of induced behavior that is prejudicial not only to their psycho‐physical health but also to the emotional‐affective fragility associated with their social condition due to their age group. In such cases, it is essential to investigate the type o...
Reporting the value of biological findings given activity level propositions: A discussion...
Evaluation of DNA given activity propositions (EGALP) is a widely discussed topic at this time, particularly in the United States. There is concern about opinions given in testimony that are not properly founded. Guidance on evaluative reporting given alleged activities can be fo...
A murder in Boston
In 2009 D was convicted for the 1990 murder of C in C's own apartment. In a post‐conviction review DNA attributed only to D and C (and no others) was found underneath the fingernails of C. At trial, in a hearing for a retrial, and in a pending complaint to the Massachusetts ...
Microbial succession patterns for postmortem interval estimation in decomposed mouse...
Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) is crucial in forensic science. Recent studies suggest microbial community succession patterns as a promising tool for PMI inference. This study examines how the cause of death, specifically mechanical asphyxia and hemorrhagic shock, influ...
Standard for Education, Training, Continuing Education, and Certification of Forensic...
Assessment of the drowning index in diagnosing freshwater drowning: A comparative study
Drowning is a diagnosis of exclusion, as no finding is pathognomonic to drowning, making it a challenging task during autopsy. The drowning index (DI) is the ratio of the combined weights of both lungs and pleural effusion to the weight of the spleen. This prospective cross‐secti...