Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 79

A 24-year follow-up study on recidivism in male mentally disordered sexual offenders with and without psychotic disorders

A case of multiple self-inflicted stab wounds of the neck captured on surveillance video

A census of medicolegal death investigation in the United States: a need to determine the state of our nation's toxicology laboratories and their preparedness for the current drug overdose epidemic

A holistic multi-scale approach to using 3D scanning technology in accident reconstruction

A quasi-experimental pilot study to the effects of Responsive Aggression Regulation Therapy (Re-ART) Outpatient for young adults

A rapid and nondestructive approach for forensic identification of car bumper splinters using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics

A state census of unsubmitted sexual assault kits: comparing forensic DNA testing outcomes by geographic and population density characteristics

Acute respiratory obstruction due to accidental inhalation of Perlite: a novel mechanism for upper airway occlusion with cast formation

Alcohol and parasomnias: the statistical evaluation of the parasomnia defense in sexual assault, where alcohol is involved

An assessment of the reliability of cut surface characteristics to distinguish between hand-powered reciprocating saw blades in cases of experimental dismemberment

Arsonists suffering from schizophrenia-a description in comparison with other offenders with a similar diagnosis

Asphyxia homicides in Finland, 1983-2012

Automatic classification of bloodstain patterns caused by gunshot and blunt impact at various distances

Beretta barrel fired bullet validation study

Black powder handgun shots-cases analysis and literature review

Blast and aircraft crash trauma: a selection of WWII cases from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Laboratory

Blast suppression foam, aqueous gel blocks, and their effect on subsequent analysis of forensic evidence

Characterization and differentiation of aluminum powders used in improvised explosive devices - Part 1: Proof of concept of the utility of particle micromorphometry

Characterization of Algerian-seized hashish over eight years (2011-2018). Part I: physical categorization

Characterization of Algerian-seized hashish over eight years (2011-2018). Part II: chemical categorization

Civilian forensic technician and sworn police officer job-related stress

Combined collection and analysis of inorganic and organic gunshot residues

Combined statistical analyses of forensic evidence in sexual assault: a case report and brief review of the literature

Commentary on: Kenneally M, Byard RW. Increasing methamphetamine detection in cases of early childhood fatalities. J Forensic Sci doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14321. Epub 2020 Mar 23

Commentary on: The error in "error rate": why error rates are so needed, yet so elusive

Convergence-improved congruent matching cells (CMC) method for firing pin impression comparison

Crime scene behaviors and characteristics of offenders with mental illness: a latent class analysis

Criminal recidivism after forensic psychiatric treatment. A multicenter study on the role of pretreatment, treatment-related, and follow-up variables

Criminal thinking, certainty of apprehension, and the decision to engage in antisocial behavior: a study of day treatment program clients

Criminological and medico-legal aspects in homicidal and suicidal sharp force fatalities

Deadly falls into wells: a retrospective study of 72 autopsy cases from Kairouan, Tunisia

Detection of inflicted bruises by alternate light: results of a randomized controlled trial

Development of a pencil drawn paper-based analytical device to detect lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

Dismemberment and mutilation: a data-driven exploration of patterns, motives, and styles

Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: a comparative analysis of case and survey data

Estimating crime laboratory efficiency in the testing of sexual assault kits

Evaluating the potential for unintentional occupational exposure to fentanyl and fentanyl analogues among medicolegal death investigators and autopsy technicians

Evaluation of suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical tablets declared to contain controlled substances using handheld Raman spectrometers

Evaluation of two new methods for DNA extraction of "legal high" plant species

Examination of firearm gunpowders by scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray analysis

Fatal methemoglobinemia due to acute inhalation of methyl nitrite in an industrial accident

Fentanyl detection using eosin Y paper assays

Firearm examination: examiner judgments and computer-based comparisons

Forensic pathological considerations of a unique case of "complicated suicide"

Friction marks of stabbing tools in tires

Hydrogen cyanide and carboxyhemoglobin assessment in an open space fire-related fatality

Identifying fatal head injuries on postmortem computed tomography using convolutional neural network/deep learning: a feasibility study

Importance and approach to manner of death opinions in opioid-related deaths

Increased risk of fatal intoxication and polypharmacy among psychiatric patients at death

Increasing methamphetamine detection in cases of early childhood fatalities

Is chronic methamphetamine-induced psychosis a mental disease for the purposes of insanity? [Letter]

Juvenile sexual murderers: examination and classification of the crime-commission process

Legal outcomes of suspected maltreatment cases evaluated by a child abuse pediatrician as part of a multidisciplinary team investigation

Letter to the editor-Behavioral health implications of inmate release during COVID-19

Lying on the road before being run over: vehicular manslaughter, suicide, or accident? Two case reports and literature review

Measuring the difference between parental alienation and parental estrangement: the PARQ-Gap

Offender characteristics and behaviors in nonsexual child maltreatment

Organizational and human factors affecting forensic decision-making: workplace stress and feedback

Otorrhagia as an intravital phenomenon in a case of incomplete atypical hanging

Overlooking feigning behavior may result in potential harmful treatment interventions: two case reports of undetected malingering

Patterning of fractures in a case of intimate partner homicide (IPH)

Positional asphyxia in opioid-related deaths: is it being overlooked?

Postmortem changes of female external genitalia and their importance in suspected sexual abuse

Postmortem computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of gunshot wounds to the neck

Postmortem computed tomography in firearm homicides: a retrospective case series

Prodrugs of new psychoactive substances (NPS): a new challenge

Projectile wound to head from modified electronic cigarette explosion

Radiodense bullet wipe around osseous entrance gunshot wounds

Responsive aggression regulation therapy (Re-ART) improves executive functioning in adolescents and young adults with severe aggression problems: a pilot study

Results of the 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy Error Rate (VCMER) study for firearm forensics

Self-immolation suicide in Greece: a forensic psychiatric autopsy study between 2011 and 2019

Statistical comparisons of blood alcohol samples from 6-mL and 10-mL grey-top tubes

The base rate study: developing base rates for risk factors and indicators for engagement in violent extremism

The death of Freddie Gray and Its impact on homicides in Baltimore and Maryland

The identification of a steel mold's marks on fake drug bottles

The use of lateral flow immunoassays for the detection of fentanyl in seized drug samples and postmortem urine

Violent behavior by involuntarily committed female offenders with mental disorders: a population-based case series

Withdrawal: Botham AD. Suicide: Exploring the Relationship Between Modality and Population Demographic (San Mateo County, CA, USA 2007-2018): A Population-Based Study. J Forensic Sci 2019;64(6):1750-60 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.14090)

Women and men who committed murder: male/female psychopathic homicides