Skip navigation

Search

131 results
Page 2 of 7. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Next »

Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Dept., NY, Presentation on Excited Delirium, 2024 Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Department Psychological behaviors • Paranoia • Delusional • Agitation • Cannot follow commands • Emotional changes • Disoriented • Hallucinations • Looks like \\just snapped" …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The National Institute of Justice and independent research consultant Dr. John Morgan collaborated “to analyze and describe the impact of forensic science on erroneous convictions that the National Registry …
Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A team of scientists from China’s Shanghai Normal University in collaboration with scientists from the United Kingdom’s University of Bath have developed a fluorescent spray that reveals fingerprints in seconds without compromising any potential DNA evidence. The …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Filed under: junk science
Studying Ant Bites on Cadavers May Advance Criminal Investigations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Forensic entomology generally focuses on the activity of blowflies and beetles in estimating the time of death. But Professor Paola Magni of Australia’s Murdoch University is a leading forensic entomologist urging forensic professionals to consider …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
The Supreme Court’s Forensic Follies by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The framers of the Constitution attempted to guarantee defendants a fundamentally fair trial. They did so, however, at a time when modern science and the scientific method was in its infancy. For that reason, scientific forensic evaluations and …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Filed under: junk science
The Potential for Soil Dust Analysis in Forensics by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Australian forensic scientists, led by Flinders University, have been studying how the chemical and biological analysis of as little as three mg of dust can pinpoint its geographical origin, so it “can be used as …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Lung Float Test: Junk Science Used to Convict Women of Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When a woman has a child while alone that does not survive, authorities may wonder if the child was stillborn or murdered by the mother. Many medical examiners attempt to answer that …
Article • February 15, 2024 • from CLN February, 2024
Filed under: junk science
Identification Via DNA, Fingerprints, and 3D Scanning of Footwear by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Eyewitness identifications of possible perpetrators of crime are often unreliable. Scientific identifications by comparison of DNA profiles and fingerprint exemplars are, by far, more trustworthy. But coming soon may be identifications made by analysis of …
Article • February 15, 2024 • from CLN February, 2024
Study Raises Alarms About Inaccuracies and Bias in Gun Forensics Reporting by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott An October 2023 study from Iowa State University reveals a troubling trend among firearms experts reporting on cartridge-case comparisons. The authors of the study, Gary Wells and Andrew Smith, state that …
Article • February 15, 2024 • from CLN February, 2024
Tales From the ‘Tails’ of Bloodstains by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Protrusions that deviate from the boundaries of otherwise elliptical bloodstains—known as “tails”—may provide additional relevant crime-scene evidence, according to James Bird, scientist and co-author of a study appearing in the journal Physics of Fluids. A group of scientists …
Article • February 15, 2024 • from CLN February, 2024
Researchers Find Fiber Evidence Lasts Longer Underwater Than Previously Thought by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott People have long looked to bodies of water as safe places to dispose of and forever hide evidence of their crimes. They believed that by tossing murder weapons or victims into the …
West Virginia University Forensic Scientists Provide a Benchmark for Analyzing Duct Tape Fracture Edges by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A common household item is being analyzed by forensic scientists as the newest tool in crime scene investigations. Researchers at West Virginia University are establishing the standard for …
Article • January 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2024
Human DNA Retrieved From Dogs Might Provide Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Researchers from Flinders University in Australia published the results of a study involving the work of the Victoria Police Forensic Services Department and Deakin University regarding the collection of human DNA from 20 dogs from separate …
California Bans Bogus ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis as Cause of Death by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In October 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsome signed a bill into law that prohibits “excited delirium” from being recognized as a valid diagnosis or cause of death. The law was prompted by the death …
Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023
Three’s a Crowd: Issues of DNA Mixture Analysis and Interpretation by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm M.D. A study funded by the National Institute of Justice recently found that the vast majority of forensic laboratories had difficulty correctly interpreting DNA samples derived from three donors. Over 99.9% of our …
Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023
Study: ‘Inconclusive Finding’ by Examiner of Cartridge Casing Should Be Finding of ‘Excluded’ 85% of the Time by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A recent study by researchers from Arizona State University (“ASU”) “found that 85% of cartridge cases that were judged inconclusive by forensic firearm examiners were actually fired …
Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023
Gunshot Detection Technology Continues to Acquire New Business Despite Major Clients Dropping Contracts and Researchers Questioning Its Effectiveness by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott SoundThinking is a California-based tech company formerly known as ShotSpotter that sells systems to detect gunshot sounds and relay that information to law enforcement …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
Digital Voiceprinting Is Not Ready for Court by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso New techniques using artificial intelligence to analyze voices fall short of meeting the standard for court admissibility, but that hasn’t stopped police from coercing plea deals out of defendants while claiming the “evidence” against them is …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
Maryland Supreme Court: Firearms Identification Methodology Does Not Provide Reliable Basis for Expert’s Unqualified Opinion That Bullets Recovered at Crime Scene Were Fired From Defendant’s Gun by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly known as the Court of Appeals of Maryland) held that the methodology …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
New Tool Used by Police to Improve Interviewing Skills by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Assistant professor of Psychology  at Northumbria University, Newcastle, Dr. Laura Farrugia, created the Forensic Interview Trace (“FIT”) as a way to record the content, components, and flow of a forensic interview. The app was developed …
Page 2 of 7. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Next »