Year: 2022
Articles in SafetyLit: 54

A rare case of ligature strangulation using a dental unit: distinguishing suicide from homicide in a death scene investigation

A unique case of driving while under the influence of isopropanol

Accuracy of comparison decisions by forensic firearms examiners

Alternative direct-to-amplification sperm cell lysis techniques for sexual assault sample processing

An examination of the sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics of children who have suffered penetrative and non-penetrative sexual abuse in Malatya, Eastern Turkey

An unusual blunt force trauma pattern and mechanism to the cranial vault: Investigation of an atypical infant homicide

Assessing agreement among crime scene measurement methods

Authors' response to: Commentary on: Prone restraint cardiac arrest in in-custody and arrest-related deaths. J Forensic Sci. 2022;67(5):1899-914. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15101

Barriers to consistent and reliable investigation of sudden unexpected infant death: perspectives from law enforcement

Blind testing in firearms: preliminary results from a blind quality control program

Blunt force homicides in Denmark 1992-2016

Characteristics of skin injuries caused by power drill

Commentary on: Munro NA. Alcohol and parasomnias: the statistical evaluation of the parasomnia defense in sexual assault, where alcohol is involved. J Forensic Sci. 2020;65(4):1235-41. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14322

Commentary on: Prone restraint cardiac arrest in in-custody and arrest-related deaths. J Forensic Sci. 2022;67(5):1899-914. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15101

Comparison of portable and benchtop electrochemical instruments for detection of inorganic and organic gunshot residues in authentic shooter samples

Correlation of soft tissue and skeletal injuries in cases of violent death: a retrospective study of autopsy cases for forensic anthropology

Criminal mutilation homicides in Japan: corpse dismemberment and disposal pattern types, and offender characteristics

Determination of vehicle speed from recorded video using the open-source software Kinovea

Developmental validation of an efficient differential separation method incorporating the i-sep(®) DL spin column with high sperm DNA recovery for the processing of sexual assault samples

Diagnosis of lethal cyanide poisoning: analysis by anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

Distinguishing lone from group actor terrorists: a comparison of attitudes, ideologies, motivations, and risks

Effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and methamphetamine on motor vehicle driving performance: a systematic review of experimental and observational studies

Evaluation of suspected drug-facilitated sexual assault cases in the city of Houston from 2014 to 2020

Exploring the use of machine learning for the assessment of skeletal fracture morphology and differentiation between impact mechanisms: a pilot study

Fatal non-accidental pediatric cranial fracture risk and three-layered cranial architecture development

Fatal pediatric hyperthermia: a forensic review

Female murderers who mutilate or dismember their victims: an exploration of patterns and sex differences

Fentanyl as a potential false positive with color tests commonly used for presumptive cocaine identification

Hangings in Newfoundland and Labrador: a 40-year retrospective analysis of medical examiner data

Hashish seizures in Algeria over the 2019-2020 period: the rise of potent hashish hybrids

Heroin and fentanyl in Dallas County: a 5-year retrospective review of toxicological, seized drug, and demographical data

Homicidal paraquat poisoning: poisoned while drinking

How may analysis of an inner layer of clothing affect the scene reconstruction in a shooting incident?

Impact of cannabis-infused edibles on public safety and regulation

Incestuous childhood sexual abuse between siblings resulting in pregnancy without sexual intercourse

Manifestation of TASER drive stun burn marks on fabrics

Mapping the neurocircuitry of impulsive aggression through the pharmacologic review of anti-impulsive aggressive agents

Mass murders involving firearms and other methods in school, college, and university settings: findings from the Columbia Mass Murder Database

Microbial community succession of submerged bones in an aquatic habitat

Non-invasive neuromodulation can reduce aggressive behaviors in humans: a critical perspective

Occupational accidental injury deaths in Tokyo and Chiba prefectures, Japan: a 10-year study (2011-2020) of forensic institute evaluations

Postmortem forensic toxicology cases: a retrospective review from Milan, Italy

Profile of explosives's use in ATMs/cash safes robberies in Brazil

Psychopathic femicide: the influence of psychopathy on intimate partner homicide

Psychopathy among condemned capital murderers

Reporting likelihood ratio for casework in firearm evidence identification

Sixty-eight cases of postmortem pink teeth observed in dental autopsies of unidentified cadavers

Sources of bias in death determination: a research note articulating the need to include systemic sources of biases along with cognitive ones as impacting mortality data

Suicides in Turkey: 25-year trend (1995-2019)

The dark side of social media: two deaths related with chloroform intoxication

The influence of a possible contamination of the victim's clothing on the estimation of shooting distance in mutual shooting incidents

The Relation of childhood adversity and antisociality to suicide attempts in men admitted to forensic psychiatric hospital

UAV-assisted real-time evidence detection in outdoor crime scene investigations

Using social network analysis to examine gun violence