North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services
// by Sarah Olson
A review of the FBI’s handling of the Brandon Mayfield case (March 2006). The Office of the Inspector General focuses on the causes of the fingerprint misidentification in the Mayfield case and proposes possible solutions to prevent future fingerprint analysis errors. The enormous size of the IAFIS database and the power of the IAFIS program …
Inspector General’s Report on the FBI Mayfield ErrorRead More
// by Sarah Olson
2006 DOJ manual sets out standards for the specialized education of sexual assault forensic examiners.
National Training Standards for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic ExaminersRead More
// by Alec Rees
In 2005, The Partners in Justice created this checklist of common traits typical of individuals with a cognitive disability and screening questions an attorney can ask if they suspect their client has a cognitive disability.
Determine Whether Your Client Has A Cognitive Disability: A ChecklistRead More
// by Sarah Olson
U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. A guide designed to accompany the general crime scene guide. Provides step-by-step procedures for each phase of crime scene investigation. Provides more specific procedures than the general guide does for some topics.
Crime Scene Investigation: A Reference for Law Enforcement Training (2004)Read More
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by W. Goldsmith and J. Plunkett, Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2004 Jun; 25(2):89-100.
A biomechanical analysis of the causes of traumatic brain injury in infants and childrenRead More
// by Sarah Olson
by Shawna S. Mudd and Jeanne S. Findlay, J Pediatr Health Care. (2004). 18,123-129. Contact Sarah Rackley Olson about how to view the full text of this article.
The cutaneous manifestations and common mimickers of physical child abuseRead More
// by Sarah Olson
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers information about the effects of impairing substances. 2004 Fact Sheet 2024 Fact Sheet
// by Sarah Olson
2004 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) publication targeted to prosecutors. The first section details some of the major problems with prosecuting drug impaired driving cases, such as the lack of any clear correlation between blood drug concentrations and impairment for many drugs (p. 8).
// by Sarah Olson
by Frederic Whitehurst, 2004. This 2-part article provides a checklist of items to request in discovery from a forensic lab and explains the significance of each item. NACDL membership is required to access these articles.
Forensic Crime Labs: Scrutinizing Results, Audits and AccreditationRead More
// by Sarah Olson
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by M. Olivia Titus, Amy L. Baxter, and Suzanne P. Starling in Pediatrics 111(2):e191. (2003). This article evaluates accidental burn injuries similar to those found in inflicted injury and discusses information needed to distinguish the causes.
// by Sarah Olson
by Samuel Lindsey etal. Jurimetrics 43 (2003). This article presents what DNA analyses can and cannot reveal and a way to improve judges’ and jurors’ understanding of evidence involving probabilities and statistics.
// by Sarah Olson
US DOJ guide on investigative techniques, using the presence of sexually transmitted disease, and identifying and eliminating suspects in sexual abuse cases.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Child Sexual AbuseRead More
// by Sarah Olson
National Association of Medical Examiners. Drafted to improve uniformity in manner of death determinations for death certificates. View additional position papers and accreditation information on the NAME website.
// by Sarah Olson
This 2001 report by the North Carolina Medical Examiner Study Group was requested by the legislature in part in response to a series of news articles that raised concerns about the quality of death investigation in North Carolina. The report provides information about the structure and responsiblities of the Medical Examiner system and makes a …
Strategic Plan for Improving the Medical Examiner SystemRead More