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Webinar: Excessive Sugar Consumption and Criminality: A Neurocriminological, Clinical, and Forensic Perspective
Webinar: Excessive Sugar Consumption and Criminality: A Neurocriminological, Clinical, and Forensic Perspective
Don’t Plead to Weed Webinar
Free webinar offered by Emancipate NC
Biomechanics of Head Injuries and Applications to Criminal Cases
Free to attend 90 minute live webinar sponsored by NC Indigent Defense Services
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Bitemark Analysis: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reviewed the scientific foundations of bitemark analysis, a forensic technique in which marks on the skin of a biting victim are compared with the teeth of a suspected biter and found that the field is not supported by sufficient data. NIST has published its findings in …
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2023 Western North Carolina Death Investigation Conference
Live full-day webinar
April 22, 2023
Offered by Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a program of Wake Forest University School of Medicine
2023 Western North Carolina Death Investigation ConferenceRead More
Webinar: Forensic Lab Quality Systems
Free to attend webinar offered by IDS and Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office
The Effect of Legal Hemp on Drug Dog Sniffs
Jeff Welty posted a 2-part series on the effect of legal hemp on drug dog sniffs on the SOG’s blog, North Carolina Criminal Law. They are linked here: Part 1 Part 2
Whiskey in the Courtroom 9: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science – DNA Evidence
Sponsored by IDS, Duke Law CCJPR, and Wilson Center. In person only. $25 to attend.
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The “Magnificent Seven Errors” in Forensic Autopsy Practice: The Italian Context
This article provides a framework for identifying potential errors in death investigations. Attorneys should consider whether any of these are potential issues in their homicide cases. The types of errors identified are: oversights in autopsy technique, incorrect collection of photographic and video material, unauthorized attendance at the autopsy, missing/mistaken reporting at any stage of the …
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Digital Investigation Techniques: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review
A Forensic Without the Science: Face Recognition in U.S. Criminal Investigations
NACDL Training and Resource Counsel Clare Garvie has authored a new report titled A Forensic Without the Science: Facial Recognition in U.S. Criminal Investigations. Designed as a resource for defense attorneys, advocates, and the public, it outlines how police face recognition searches are prone to error from under-performing algorithms, the lack of training and cognitive …
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Study Assesses the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Black box study of bloodstain pattern analysts finds contrasting conclusions due to terminology; highlights importance of establishing consensus standards.
Study Assesses the Accuracy and Reproducibility of Bloodstain Pattern AnalysisRead More
THC/Cannabis Toxicology: Recognizing impairment
Offered by Godoy Medical ForensicsJan. 27, 2023 at 2 pm ESTEd Barley, BS | Godoy Medical Forensics Ed Barley is a retired Senior Criminalist who worked with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He has been working in forensic sciences since 1991 and as a private consultant since 2012. With the legalization of marijuana and the …