The Forensic Examiner back issues from December 2008:
Erlichiosis confirmed in victim of probable hobo spider bite.
Dec 22, 2008; ... Dear Editor, In my article "Necrotic Spider Bite or Tick Bite? Hobo Spider Venom or Ehrlichial Bacteria?" (The Forensic Examiner, 16, No. 4 [2007], 42-55), I had shown a symptomatic similarity between necrotic spider bite and tick bite. The spider bites in question were, ...
Online education expert offers advice.(Nanette Philibert)(Interview)
Dec 22, 2008 ... The Forensic Examiner[R] recently interviewed Nanette Philibert, PhD, who has served as an online education consultant for the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. Dr. Philibert, a faculty member of the Robert W. Haster School of Business Administration at Missouri ...
Certification recognizes disaster preparedness.(ACFEI NEWS)(American Board for Certification in Homeland Security)
Dec 22, 2008 ... The American Board for Certification in Homeland Security has launched a new program: Certified in Disaster Preparedness. The new program recognizes that emergencies and disasters appear in the news everyday and sometimes they appear very close to home. Disaster strikes from one ...
Technology & terrorism: how the Internet facilitates radicalization.
Dec 22, 2008; ... Extremist groups use the Internet for many reasons: to disseminate propaganda and spread disinformation; to recruit and train volunteers; to solicit funds from sympathizers; to gather data from open sources; to plan and coordinate attacks; to maintain communications--many of them ...
Prison violence: does brutality come with the badge?(Case Study)
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Despite the ratification of the Eighth Amendment in 1791, which bans the use of "cruel and unusual" punishment, reports of excessive violence perpetrated by correctional officers against inmates have been documented since the inception of the United States ...
George Lawlor: an early visionary: forensic detective established Ireland's equivalent of British 'Murder Squad'.(Case Study)
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I have met Mr. Luck several times, but have always been introduced to him by his friends, Mr. Persistence and Mr. Hard Work." So quipped Superintendent George Lawlor in a diary he kept in anticipation of writing his memoir. He never did, but Irish ...
For most people, college is a waste of time.(Case Study)(Reprint)(Essay)
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine that America had no system of postsecondary education, and you were a member of a task force assigned to create one from scratch. One of your colleagues submits this proposal: First, we will set up a single goal to represent educational ...
2009 National Conference.(American College of Forensic Examiners International)(List)
Dec 22, 2008 ... October 14-16 * Las Vegas, Nevada Welcome New ACFEI Members! Christopher O. Akhidenor Terri Augspurger Tonja Barnebee Eric S. Bieber Lisa A. Billiter Eric M. Bonds Debra Davis-Johnson ...
True Stories of CSI: The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Popular TV Show.(Book review)
Dec 22, 2008 ... True Stories of CSI: The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Popular TV Show By Katherine Ramsland, PhD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] True Stories of CSI answers the question every fan of the TV show asks from time to time: "Could that really happen?" ...
Disaster Archaeology.(Book review)
Dec 22, 2008 ... Disaster Archaeology By Richard A. Gould [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Closure ... is a universal human experience in which emotions surrounding uncertainties about the fate of a relative or friend lost in a disaster are resolved to some degree by identification ...
The Exam Cram 2: CISSP.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 22, 2008 ... The Exam Cram 2: CISSP By Michael Gregg [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Exam Cram 2: CISSP is a fast-paced presentation of facts--excellent in assisting any information systems security professional with the review he or she needs to perform well on the ...
Witness Preparation for Deposition and Witness Preparation for Trial.(Video recording review)
Dec 22, 2008 ... Witness Preparation for Deposition and Witness Preparation for Trial By Jan Mills Spaeth, PhD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perhaps more than in any other field, forensic professionals are called upon to contribute to courtroom proceedings. For those new to the ...
Behavioral profiling & risk assessment using written communication.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Handwritten material often shows red flags for negative behavior that might not be detected through more traditional investigative techniques. This cutting edge risk assessment tool provides a discreet and unobtrussive way of validating hunches and ...
To shoot or not to shoot: response and interpretation of response to armed assailants.(Report)
Dec 22, 2008; ... In recent research, we found that eyewitness memory and interpretation of crime scenes were less effective than anticipated. However, conditions that enhanced the feature-intensive processing of crime scenes tended to facilitate or improve both memory and interpretation. In the present ...
Eyewitness memory: can suggestion be minimized in the investigative interview?
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This article examines multiple sources of suggestive bias that may taint evidence obtained from forensic interviews with eyewitnesses and victims of crime. We present several research paradigms used to identify what constitutes undue suggestion, as well as ...
Corrupted DVDs: an emerging forensic problem that may constitute untrustworthy evidence.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With technology increasing, so is the number of formats of a DVD, which when produced on a home computer results in defective DVDs. DVDs are normally derived from some form of digital tape media, and the tape media are sometimes not totally devoid of any ...
Falsely accused: the case of Ronald Gene Taylor.
Dec 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is now believed that on May 28, 1993, Roosevelt Carroll--a man with a history of violent sex crimes--raped a Houston woman in her home. Carroll is currently in a Texas prison, serving a 15-year sentence for failing to register as a sex offender. He ...