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Law enforcement‐associated fatalities: Thirty years of data from the King County Medical...
Tracking law enforcement‐associated fatalities is complicated by an absence of a national database. Death certificates often fail to report deaths due to law enforcement activity. Adopting recommendations by the National Association of Medical Examiners, the present study was con...
Accurately identifying saliva from samples mixed with citric acid‐containing beverages by...
In forensic saliva testing, false negatives of the Phadebas® and false positives of the RSID™‐saliva methods generated by citric acid are critical issues for interpreting the results. Citric acid‐containing beverages, which are typically mixed with forensic saliva samples, may pr...
Buffalo State Chemistry Department Hosting Forensic Science Open House
Using posterior probability informed thresholds to develop best practice recommendations...
MorphoPASSE is a free program that estimates sex based on morphological traits of the innominate, cranium, or a combined set of traits; however, MorphoPASSE does not provide recommendations on which set of traits performs best or recommend a posterior probability (PP) threshold f...
Clyde Snow Award: Call for Nominations
A comparative analysis of accuracy and sensitivity in semen testing: ABAcard p30™, RSID...
Confirmatory semen tests are used to determine the possible presence of semen in an evidence sample. Current test kits target proteins like PSA and semenogelin, but these markers can yield false positive results when identifying potential semen evidence. This study evaluated the ...
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Since 1948, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences has served as the world's leading multidisciplinary organization for forensic science professionals. With over 6,500 members across 71 countries and 12 specialized sections, AAFS provides a collaborative community where p...