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Third-Hand Meth Contamination in Cars Poses Hidden Danger to Buyers and Renters
Article • April 15, 2025 • from CLN May, 2025
Filed under: Methamphetamine, Drug Possession versus Drug Trafficking
Third-Hand Meth Contamination in Cars Poses Hidden Danger to Buyers and Renters by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott New research from Flinders University in South Australia, published in Forensic Chemistry, reveals a troubling public health risk: cars used for smoking, manufacturing, or transporting methamphetamine harbor significant drug residues, …
AC Units and DNA
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, Forensic Sciences
AC Units and DNA by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Australian researchers at Flinders University have employed a promising new technique to collect and record forensic DNA evidence from crime scenes. A new study appearing in Electrophoresis focused on the DNA retrieved from air conditioning (“AC”) units that circulate …
The Potential for Soil Dust Analysis in Forensics
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 …
Human DNA Retrieved From Dogs Might Provide Evidence
Article • January 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2024
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, DNA Testing/Samples, junk science, DNA Evidence
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 …
News in Brief
Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A police officer in Scottsdale was arrested on Nov. 4, 2022, after allegedly causing a car crash while intoxicated. AZFamily reported that officer Michael Lanouar, a police detective, was taken into custody on suspicion that he had been driving a city-leased car while under the …
News in Brief
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A week after he was shot chasing a suspect, an off-duty police officer from Alberquerque, New Mexico, was arrested on February 21, 2021, for aggravated DWI. According to a report by local TV station KRQE, Officer Fouad Cherair, 29, was found by police in the …
News in Brief
Article • July 20, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A Facebook post by the New South Wales Police warned concert-goers headed for the Above & Beyond music festival June 9, 2018, in Sydney that they would be met at the venue gates by drug-sniffing dogs on patrol. The post, by South West Metropolitan Region …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018
Publication • January 1, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …