Recently added articles from The Forensic Examiner:
Principles and approaches to criminal investigation, Part 2.(EVIDENCE)(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For the purpose of this series of articles, the term "investigative processes" will be used to describe both criminal investigation and crime scene processing. Any distinctions between criminal investigation and crime scene processing will be designated ...
Challenges and psychological dynamics of negotiating risks in failed states: The Somali case.(CE ARTICLE: 2 CE CREDITS)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Following a civil war and a drought, 350,000 Somalis had died by 1992. In response to a United Nations request for help, the United States sent Marines to secure the environment (UNOSOM--Operation Restore Hope). This initial effort was followed by UNOSOM II, a more ambitious UN mandate to ...
A memorable day in the life of Forensic Examiner Dr. John Brick.
Sep 22, 2009; ... As a Forensic Examiner, I am involved primarily in the examination and evaluation of evidence related to alcohol and drug related crimes or accidents and answering the question how, if at all, was intoxication a factor in an event. My knowledge, training, and experience in ...
Masking a sex offense: when a non-sex crime really is a sex crime.(CE ARTICLE: 1 CE CREDIT)(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many times plea agreements create a misleading picture of the true essence of an offender's spectra of criminal behavior. Criminal history checks result in a summarized list of pleas and convictions, but generally offer very little about what the offenses ...
Police criminalistics: learning modalities and evaluation.(CASE STUDY)(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The field of forensic science has an increasingly significant impact on criminal justice curriculum. Police criminalistics and criminal investigation courses unite and bridge both curriculums. Active learning simulations (i.e., homicide gravesite ...