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Standard for Education, Training, Continuing Education, and Certification of Forensic...
Minimum Requirements and Recommendations for a Firearm and Toolmark Examiner Training...
Best Practice Recommendations for Determining What Scene and Death Locations a Medicolegal...
Best Practice Recommendations for Communicating with Next of Kin during Medicolegal Death...
Impact of bifenthrin and clothianidin on blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) oviposition...
Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) can detect decomposing remains and begin colonizing the resource through oviposition soon after. The estimated time between colonization and insect evidence collection is referred to as the time of colonization (TOC). Forensic entomologists use...
Methods to prevent overdevelopment of fingermarks with 1,2‐indanedione/zinc
A piece of paper submitted as evidence can both have fingermarks with a high and low amount of sweat. When such paper is treated with 1,2‐indanedione/zinc and subsequently heated at 160°C for 10 s, fingermarks with high sweat content may become overdeveloped. Attempts to prevent ...
A novel method for linking reciprocating saw blades, suspected of being used for theft, to...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in metal prices, particularly precious metals. Consequently, property crimes involving metal theft, including the theft of auto parts and catalytic converters, have also increased dramatically. The surge in catalytic converte...
Improve the visualization effect of fingerprint immunolabeling based on biotin‐avidin...
Immunolabeling based on fluorescence is a new technique that has been recently applied in the field of forensic science. In this paper, a new immunofluorescence method based on signal amplification was applied to develop fingermarks and improve the quality of pattern recognition ...
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Development of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), on pork tissue at...
The house fly, Musca domestica, L. (Diptera: Muscidae), is a filth fly that is often associated with criminal and civil investigations surrounding abuse, neglect, and death of humans and other vertebrates. However, development data, which are crucial for determining the age of im...
Visual assessment for frontal sinus radiographic identifications: Documenting accuracy and...
Decedent positive identification via visual comparisons of frontal sinus radiographs is commonly used in the medicolegal field; however, only a handful of studies have empirically tested this method. This study aimed to test the accuracy of visual assessment in frontal sinus iden...
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Forensic Document Examination Terms and Definitions