Journal of Forensic Sciences: Vol 66, No 5

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PAPERS

Anthropology

Forensic anthropology casework performance: Assessing accuracy and trends for biological profile estimates on a comprehensive sample of identified decedent cases

A hierarchy of expert performance as applied to forensic anthropology

Analyzing the outcomes of skeletal trauma within a forensic population: Potential issues and implications in inferential modeling of blunt force trauma

Criminalistics

Linkage and linkage disequilibrium among the markers in the forensic MPS panels

Simple chemical tests to identify Cannabis derivatives: Redefinition of parameters and analysis of concepts

Nondestructive discrimination of red silk single fibers using total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Effects of outdoor weathering and laundering on the detection and classification of fluorinated oil-and-water-repellent fabric coatings

Forensic soil provenancing in an urban/suburban setting: A sequential multivariate approach

Back to Amido Black: Uncovering touch DNA in blood-contaminated fingermarks

Evaluating firearm examiner conclusion variability using cartridge case reproductions

Digital & Multimedia Sciences

Forensic analysis of Twitch video streaming activities on Android

Effects of content trimming iPhone 12 Pro Max video files in iOS 14

General

Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions

Secondary traumatic stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and perceived organizational trauma readiness in forensic science professionals

Application of viewshed analysis and probability mapping for search area determination based on the Moors murders on Saddleworth Moor, the United Kingdom

Pathology/Biology; Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Criminal mutilation in Sweden from 1991 to 2017

Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Similar crimes, similar behaviors? Comparing lone-actor terrorists and public mass murderers

Psychiatric and legal considerations in cases of Fetal Abduction by Maternal Evisceration

Maternal filicide and mental illness: A descriptive study of 17 women hospitalized in a French secure unit over a 24-year period

Profiles of juveniles with sex offense charges referred for competence evaluations

Investigation of patterns and dynamics of substance users: A long-term toxicology study on a sample of the Greek population between 2005 and 2019

Toxicology

The impact of creatinine reference value: Normalization of urinary drug concentrations

Just say no to postmortem drug dose calculations

Quantification of fentanyl analogs in oral fluid using LC-QTOF-MS

TECHNICAL NOTES

Criminalistics

Evaluation of rapid DNA using ANDE™ in a technical exploitation Level 2 laboratory workflow

Sampling touch DNA from human skin following skin-to-skin contact in mock assault scenarios—A comparison of nine collection methods

A novel multiplex of 12 multicopy Y-STRs for forensic application

A framework for the development of targeted gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methods: Synthetic cannabinoids

Development and evaluation of a synthetic cathinone targeted gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method

Novel extraction chemistry and alternative amplification strategies for use with rootless hair shafts

The specificity and reproducibility of general Schallamach pattern on heel part of rubber outsole

Refractive index measurement of the smallest bulk and surface glass microfragments in a model case

Questioned Documents

The assessment of the impact of induction spatial effects on magnetic flux measurements of toner-printed documents to the detection of forged or altered documents

Toxicology

Large-scale reanalysis of refrigerated antemortem blood samples for ethanol content at random intervals

CASE REPORTS

Odontology; Anthropology

Sweet tooth: DNA profiling of a cranium from an isolated retained root fragment

Odontology; Pathology/Biology

Fatal airway obstruction due to Ludwig's angina from severe odontogenic infection during antipsychotic medication: A case report and a literature review

Pathology/Biology

An unusual case of suicide: Near decapitation by a modified table saw

Unusual cutaneous presentation in a corrosive acid ingestion

Sudden death due to cardiac contusion: Forensic implications in a rare pediatric case

Traumatic dislocation of the eye into the maxillary sinus: Case report and literature review

Fatal jellyfish envenoming—Pediatric and geographic vulnerabilities

A pen as an intermediate target becomes a secondary projectile

The forensic analysis of homemade explosive suicides: Case report and systematic review of the literature

A rare suicide case involving fatal bleeding from varicose veins

Macroscopic identification of visceral titanium pigment in an intravenous drug user

Fatal systemic (paradoxical) air embolism diagnosed by postmortem funduscopy

Pathology/Biology; Toxicology

Reflections on the aconitine poisoning

Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Mass violence planned as ultimate leisure experience? Four diverse cases

Matricide, parricide, and filicide: Are major mental disorders or personality disorders involved? Assessment of criminal responsibility in Brazilian cases

Mother–daughter incest: A brief review of literature and case report

An unusual case of serial poisoning of family members

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

As forensic scientists and as people, we must not confuse objectivity with neutrality

Methamphetamine and amphetamine detection, impairment, positive reporting concentrations, and Paracelsus