This is a selection of articles from the February 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Forensic Medicine headlines.
The News Media’s Influence on Criminal Justice Policy
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 28, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Media coverage Source Type: journals
New issue: Violence Against Women
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 28, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Tables of contents Rape Domestic violence Source Type: journals
Sex offenders: Throwing away the key
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 27, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Prisoners & punishment Sexual offences Source Type: journals
Post-mortem forensic neuroimaging: Correlation of MSCT and MRI findings with autopsy results.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 27, 2007 Authors: Yen K, Lövblad KO, Scheurer E, Ozdoba C, Thali MJ, Aghayev E, Jackowski C, Anon J, Frickey N, Zwygart K, Weis J, Dirnhofer R Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Mitochondrial DNA population data of HVS-I and HVS-II sequences from a northeast German sample.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 27, 2007 Authors: Tetzlaff S, Brandstätter A, Wegener R, Parson W, Weirich V Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Identification of mammal species using species-specific DNA pyrosequencing.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 27, 2007 Authors: Karlsson AO, Holmlund G Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
23rd National Symposium on Child Abuse
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 26, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Child abuse Conferences Source Type: journals
BK virus genotype distribution offers information of tracing the geographical origins of unidentified cadaver.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 26, 2007 Authors: Ikegaya H, Motani H, Saukko P, Sato K, Akutsu T, Sakurada K Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Oakland crime surge puzzles experts
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 25, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Crime Prevention Academia Source Type: journals
New issue: Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 25, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Tables of contents Criminal behaviour Prisoners & punishment Juvenile offending Crime Prevention Rehabilitation Source Type: journals
Latest forensic-relevant reports from Docuticker
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 24, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Human trafficking Hate crime Domestic violence Victims and treatment Aggression Source Type: journals
Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 24, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Conferences Academia Source Type: journals
UK Academic jobs and PhD studentships
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 24, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Jobs Source Type: journals
New issue: Behavioral Sciences and the Law
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 24, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Tables of contents Rape Juvenile offending Prison Capital punishment Juries Source Type: journals
New articles on forensic assessment
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 23, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Criminal behaviour Prisoners & punishment Juvenile offending Journals and journal articles Source Type: journals
New issue: Police Quarterly
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 22, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Policing Tables of contents Community policing Source Type: journals
Morphological changes in human head hair subjected to various drug testing decontamination strategies.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Stout PR, Ropero-Miller JD, Baylor MR, Mitchell JM Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
MiniSTR multiplex systems based on non-CODIS loci for analysis of degraded DNA samples.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Asamura H, Fujimori S, Ota M, Fukushima H Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Population data for 15 Y-chromosome STRs in a population sample from Quito (Ecuador).
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Baeza C, Guzmán R, Tirado M, López-Parra AM, Rodríguez T, Mesa MS, Fernández E, Arroyo-Pardo E Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Genetic polymorphisms of 15 STR in chinese salar ethnic minority group.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Zhu J, Shen C, Ma Y, He Y, Zhao J, Li X, Liu Y Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Genetic data of 10 X-STRs in a Spanish population sample.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Aler M, Sánchez-Diz P, Gomes I, Gisbert M, Carracedo A, Amorim A, Gusmão L Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Genetic polymorphism of Y-chromosomal STR loci in South Korean population.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Zhang Y, Lee J Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Haplotype frequencies of 16 Y-chromosome STR loci in the Barcelona metropolitan area population using Y-Filertrade mark kit.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Sánchez C, Barrot C, Xifró A, Ortega M, de Aranda IG, Huguet E, Corbella J, Gené M Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Genetic analysis of the skeletal remains attributed to Francesco Petrarca.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 21, 2007 Authors: Caramelli D, Lalueza-Fox C, Capelli C, Lari M, Sampietro ML, Gigli E, Milani L, Pilli E, Guimaraes S, Chiarelli B, Marin VT, Casoli A, Stanyon R, Bertranpetit J, Barbujani G Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Feb 20, Criminal Profiling On Squidoo
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Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - February 20, 2007 Source Type: journals
New issue: Criminal Justice and Behavior
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 20, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Policing Tables of contents Rape Prisoners & punishment Juvenile offending Mental health Gangs Rehabilitation Sexual offences Use of force Geographical profiling Source Type: journals
Univariate sex dimorphism in the Nepalese dentition and the use of discriminant functions in gender assessment.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 20, 2007 Authors: Acharya AB, Mainali S Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Identification of endangered petrel species from poor quality feather debris using cytochrome b sequences.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 20, 2007 Authors: Gonçalves R, Parik J, Freitas AI, Jesus J, Villems R, Brehm A Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
What Influences Believing Child Sexual Abuse Disclosures?
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 19, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Child abuse Source Type: journals
Aplastic right coronary artery and left coronary artery with a separate origin of the circumflex branch in a 31-year-old woman.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 19, 2007 Authors: Thierauf A, Dettmeyer R, Wollersen H, Madea B Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Death. by Stefan Timmermans (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006, 380pp. $30.00 cloth)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Leslie, M. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
The Crimes of Neo-Liberal Rule in Occupied Iraq
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Whyte, D. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Power, Adaptation and Resistance in a Late-Modern Men's Prison
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Crewe, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Clean Streets: Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order and Building Community Activism. by Patrick Carr (New York: New York University Press, 2006, 208pp. {pound}15.50 pb)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Innes, M. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
The State on the Streets: Police and Politics in Argentina and Brazil. by Mercedes Hinton (Boulder/London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006, 235pp. {pound}34.95 hb) * Changing the Guard: Developing Democratic Police Abroad. by David Bayley (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 171pp. {pound}16.99 pb)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Stenning, P. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
The Moral Economy of Everyday Crime: Markets, Consumers and Citizens
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Tags: Erratum Source Type: journals
Policing Football: Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder. by Megan O'Neill (Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, ix + 220pp. {pound}50.00)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Anderson, J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Public Confidence in Policing: A Neo-Durkheimian Perspective
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Jackson, J., Sunshine, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Change and Stability in the Characteristics of Homicide Victims, Offenders and Incidents During Rapid Social Change
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Pridemore, W. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
The Politics of Organised Crime and Organised Crime of Politics. by Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2006, 260pp. {pound}16.99 pb) * Organised Crime. By Alan Wright (Cullompton: Willan, 2006, 256pp. {pound}18.99 pb)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Dorn, N. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Law and Social Movements. Edited by Michael McCann (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, 654pp. {pound}150.00 hb)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Waddington, P. A. J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Practice Cultures and the 'New' Youth Justice in (England and) Wales
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Field, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
DNA-testing for immigration cases: The risk of erroneous conclusions.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 19, 2007 Authors: Karlsson AO, Holmlund G, Egeland T, Mostad P Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Two articles from Australian Psychologist 42(1)
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 19, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Domestic violence Interviewing Source Type: journals
Of Rights and Roles: Police Interviews with Young Suspects in Northern Ireland
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Quinn, K., Jackson, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
The New Politics of Surveillance and Visibility. Edited by Kevin Haggerty and Richard Ericson (Toronto: University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 2006, VII + 386pp. {pound}20.00 pb, {pound}40.00 hb)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Coleman, R. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
Resistance as Edgework in Violent Intimate Relationships of Drug -Involved Women
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Rajah, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Kalmyk population samples.
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Source: Forensic Science International - February 19, 2007 Authors: Roewer L, Krüger C, Willuweit S, Nagy M, Rodig H, Kokshunova L, Rothämel T, Kravchenko S, Jobling MA, Stoneking M, Nasidze I Tags: Forensic Sci Int Source Type: journals
Schools, Pupil Behaviour and Young Offenders: Using Postcode Classification to Target Behaviour Support and Crime Prevention Programmes
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Hayden, C., Williamson, T., Webber, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
The Amazing Mutiny At the Dartmoor Convict Prison
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Brown, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities from Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums. by Peter Watson and Cecilia Todeschini (New York: Public Affairs, 2006, 379pp. $26.95 hb)
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Source: British Journal of Criminology - recent issues - February 19, 2007 Authors: Prescott, G. M. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals
New issue: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 18, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Tables of contents Rape Juvenile offending Mental health Military and war Hate crime Domestic violence Stalking Sexual offences Bullying Refugees Source Type: journals
Lecture: The Cultural Politics of Martyrdom in Iran and the Middle East
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 18, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Terrorism Source Type: journals
Two academic jobs
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Source: Psychology and Crime News - February 17, 2007 Authors: EmmaB Tags: Jobs Source Type: journals
A near-fatal case of acute poisoning by amitraz/xylene showing atrial fibrillation
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Source: Forensic Toxicology - February 17, 2007 Tags: Forensic Toxicology Source Type: journals
Assessment of Intra- and Intercostal Variation in Rib Histomorphometry: Its Impact on Evidentiary Examination*
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
A Detailed Mechanistic Fragmentation Analysis of Methamphetamine and Select Regioisomers by GC/MS
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Genetic Data of Four X-Chromosomal STRs in a Population Sample of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: For the Records Source Type: journals
Population Data for a Novel, Highly Discriminating Tetra-Local Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat: DYS503
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: For the Records Source Type: journals
Polymorphism Analysis of Y-Chromosomal Haplotypes in the Chinese Han Population Living in the Shaanxi Province of China
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: For the Records Source Type: journals
Planned and Unplanned Complex Suicides: A 5-year Retrospective Study
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Authors' Response
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Authors' Response Source Type: journals
Examination of the Steps Leading up to the Physical Developer Process for Developing Fingerprints
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Commentary on: Gill JR, Goldfeder LB, Hirsch CS. Use of Therapeutic Complication as a Manner of Death. J Forensic Sci 2006;51(5):1127–33.
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Commentaries Source Type: journals
Comparative Analysis of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate and Gamma-Hydroxyvalerate Using GC/MS and HPLC*
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Technical Notes Source Type: journals
Assessment of Walkway Tribometer Readings in Evaluating Slip Resistance: A Gait-Based Approach
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Commentary on: Coble MD, Butler JM. Characterization of New miniSTR Loci to Aid Analysis of Degraded DNA. J Forensic Sci 2005;50:43–53.
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Commentaries Source Type: journals
Maggot Development During Morgue Storage and Its Effect on Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval*
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
Possible Role of Pseudoephedrine and Other Over-the-Counter Cold Medications in the Deaths of Very Young Children
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Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences: T - February 16, 2007 Tags: Case Reports Source Type: journals
Haplotype Frequencies of Eight Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats Loci in Four Amerindian Populations (State of Hidalgo, Mexico)
