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Creative toolkit of the 1921 Tulsa Graves Investigation field laboratory
The City of Tulsa initiated The 1921 Graves Investigation in 2020 in order to recover and identify African American victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre from unmarked graves. The Tulsa Race Massacre occurred in downtown Tulsa over May 31, 1921, to June 1, 1921, as an act of mo...
Death due to diphenhydramine toxicity: A 9‐year review from the Cook County Medical...
Diphenhydramine (DPH) is a widely available first‐generation antihistamine that, in supratherapeutic doses, can cause severe toxicity and even death. While commonly reported in cases of combined drug toxicity, fatalities attributed to DPH toxicity alone are rarely documented in f...
AAFS 2026: Workshop of Interest to Forensic Nurses
Incidents of sudden death during restraint of agitated individuals in Sweden between 1992...
Restraint‐related sudden deaths in agitated individuals raise complex questions at the intersection of medicine and law. Hyperactive delirium with extreme agitation as well as positional asphyxia due to restraint have been proposed to account for these deaths. However, the exact ...
Ethanol depletion dynamics in non‐recirculating system breath alcohol simulators
Breath alcohol simulators are devices that use a heated ethanol/water solution to simulate human breath. Vapor created from heating the solution is commonly used to calibrate alcohol breath testing instruments. When the vapor of the same solution is repeatedly sampled, it causes ...
Correction to “Determination of erythrocyte degradation levels and estimation of age blood...
Psychological impact of cross‐examination on forensic scientists: A mixed‐methods study of...
This mixed‐methods research examines the emotional and cognitive impact of courtroom testimony when conducted by forensic professionals in Pakistan. In this study, 10 practitioners of different forensic fields were interviewed semi‐structurally, and 120 respondents were used to c...
Evaluating match confidence in automated face recognition via likelihood ratio...
Forensic facial examinations (FFE) primarily relies on manual image examination by trained experts using standardized protocols to identify suspects through detailed comparisons. In contrast, automated facial recognition (AFR) employs machine learning and AI algorithms to generat...
The influence of 13 weeks of burial on morphine and metabolite distribution in human...
When human remains are in an advanced stage of decomposition, drug concentrations are altered. In five decedents morphine, morphine‐3‐glucuronide (M3G), and morphine‐6‐glucuronide (M6G) concentration changes and bacterial DNA were investigated after 13 weeks of burial. Femoral bl...
2026 Community Connections Mosaic Award Recipient Announced
2025-26 FSF Jan S. Bashinski Grant Recipient Announced
The Supreme Court of Canada interprets the fitness to stand trial test in R v. Bharwani
At the core of the common law, rooted in fairness, is the principle that an accused must be "fit" or "competent" to answer charges pursued by the state. Fitness rules vary considerably across jurisdictions but generally share the requirement that the accused b...
“New kid on the block”—MDDM as a new ingredient in Ecstasy tablets
Ecstasy tablets are commonly associated with 3,4‐methylenedioxy‐methamphetamine (MDMA), but they often contain diverse psychoactive substances, including new psychoactive substances (NPS), which pose significant risks to users due to unknown composition and effects. This study an...
Developing a socio‐ecological model of risk for vicarious trauma and occupational stress...
While the forensic sciences offer versatile and rewarding careers, practitioners and administrative staff within the field report high levels of occupational stress (OS). OS stems from job tasks and requirements, workplace culture, and the broader legal system, ranging from job s...
Elevated beta‐hydroxybutyrate within a pediatric population and its associated pathology:...
Elevated beta‐hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is a marker for ketoacidosis. Post‐mortem values for the diagnosis of fatal ketoacidosis and the associated clinical and histologic findings are limited in the pediatric population. A retrospective case series of pediatric autopsy records and h...
Portable document format (PDF) image embedding and analysis: Foundational structures for...
This technical note addresses forensic challenges in analyzing how images are embedded and represented within Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It was developed to support forensic practitioners — particularly those engaged in digital image analysis — in interpreting embe...