2024 Wrongful Convictions Law Review article by Jeff Kukucka and Oyinlola Famulegun on research study demonstrating that mock jurors interpret manner of death determinations to be scientific and definitive though they are not intended to be scientific according to forensic pathologists.
Resources
Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator
NIJ and its multidisciplinary partners have released an updated technical guide for conducting collaborative death scene investigations. The 2024 guide accounts for key changes in the field, including: This revised edition is a collaborative effort to update the content to ensure the best possible outcome for both death and criminal investigations today.
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Notice of Objection
Sample notice of objection to the admission of lab report without the testimony of the chemical analyst
Strangulation: Evaluating Strangulation Evidence From A Medical Perspective
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Strangulation: Evaluating Strangulation Evidence From A Medical PerspectiveRead More
Ballistics Trauma: Understanding Gunshot Wounds
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Reading Medical Records: What Really Happened??
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Alternate Light Source Photography: Basic understanding of emerging science for use in medico-legal settings
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Long-Term Effects Of Traumatic Brain Injury: Forensic Implications
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Long-Term Effects Of Traumatic Brain Injury: Forensic ImplicationsRead More
Blunt Force Trauma:What Every Attorney/Investigator Needs to Know
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Blunt Force Trauma:What Every Attorney/Investigator Needs to KnowRead More
Pediatric Strangulation: Not Just “Little Adults”
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Reviewing Minor Records: Was it Child Maltreatment?
Free to attend live webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
Reviewing Minor Records: Was it Child Maltreatment?Read More
Defense Strategies for Getting (and Challenging) Social Media Evidence
Free-to-attend recorded webinar offered by NACDL. NACDL membership not required.
Defense Strategies for Getting (and Challenging) Social Media EvidenceRead More
Report of the State Crime Lab Ombudsperson
June 2024 Report of Susan Brooks
Law Enforcement Use of Probabilistic Genotyping, Forensic DNA Phenotyping, and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Technologies
Proceedings of a 2024 National Academies of Sciences Workshop can be downloaded from this website.
Improving Police Interviews
Recording of Quattrone Center 2024 Spring Symposium