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Indirect fractures in long bones resulting from gunshot trauma: Occurrence,...

Indirect fractures from gunshot wounds can occur when a projectile impacts soft tissue without making direct contact with the bone. Existing biomechanical and clinical research suggests that indirect fractures result in lower levels of comminution, and that resultant fracture pat...

Proposition for the analysis of background toner distribution to sequence ink lines and...

Determining the sequence of handwriting and laser‐printed text on documents that do not intersect is a recurring challenge in forensic document examination. This study proposes using background toner particle distribution analysis combined with kernel density estimation and likel...

Bearing the weight: A phenomenological study of burnout and stress among medicolegal death...

Medicolegal death investigators sit at the nexus of forensic science, the criminal justice system, and family‐facing trauma response, often engaging all three in a single case. They are a critical part of the criminal justice system, yet one of the least studied groups of practit...

Optimized mixed attention‐based bidirectional gradient model for intra‐frame video forgery...

Video forgery has become increasingly prevalent with advanced editing tools, posing serious threats to digital media authenticity. However, existing approaches used for detecting manipulations often faced challenges in handling intra‐frame forgeries, decreased generalization, sen...

Human variation and its influence on fracture outcomes in experimental tibial blunt trauma

Interpreting skeletal trauma requires understanding how fracture outcomes reflect both extrinsic loading conditions and intrinsic biological variation. However, the contribution of biological variability to fracture behavior remains poorly defined, even under controlled loading c...

Forensic analysis of dominant versus non‐dominant handwriting: Statistical and machine...

Systematic, paired quantitative evidence on how handwriting changes when the non‐dominant hand is used remains limited in forensic document examination, despite its frequent relevance in cases involving disguise and authorship concealment. This study presents the first large‐scal...

Comparison of delusional disorder and schizophrenia in cases lacking criminal...

Criminal responsibility can be significantly impaired by psychotic disorders. Although delusional disorder (DD) is classified within the schizophrenia spectrum, it clinically differs from schizophrenia (SCH) in age at onset, functional level, and symptom profile. This retrospecti...

Ballistic gelatin as a soft tissue simulant: A systematic review of applications,...

Ballistic gelatin is widely recognized as the primary soft‐tissue simulant in forensic and biomedical ballistics. However, variability in preparation, calibration, and reporting methods, along with growing interest in synthetic alternatives, has raised concerns about methodologic...

Distribution of amphetamine, benzoylecgonine, cocaethylene, cocaine, fentanyl, and...

Brain tissue is a potentially valuable postmortem specimen because of its relative anatomical isolation, reduced susceptibility to postmortem degradation, and relevance as the primary site of action for many drugs. Despite the frequent detection of stimulants and synthetic opioid...

Commentary on: Pedraza N, Marciano MA. Simple and nondestructive method to access and...

The INTREPID program: Linking illicit fentanyl‐containing tablets and powders seized at US...

Three US government agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), established a collaborative program to leverage each agency's expertise and capabilities to characterize illicit fentanyl‐con...

Comparison of automated and manual DNA differential extraction in mock vaginal sexual...

Differential extraction is a core forensic DNA technique separating sperm cells from epithelial cells in sexual assault evidence, facilitating recovery of male DNA profiles from mixed biological samples. Effective physical separation reduces the occurrence of mixed DNA profiles, ...

Forensic characterization of transparent traces: A spectroscopic and chemometric approach...

Clear or unpigmented lip gloss, in particular, has become quite popular among people of all genders. Their unpigmented characteristics make them less noticeable at the crime scene; thus, they are less likely to be intentionally removed by the perpetrators. Therefore, in the prese...