National Institute of Justice and Purdue University Date May 2020 Overview Shoeprints and tire tracks are common types of impression evidence found at crime scenes. When a shoe or tire impacts a deformable substrate like soil or snow, it can…
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Just Applied Leadership for Resiliency in CSIs
Original Release Date: May 25, 2020 In this special release episode of Just Science, we sat down with Ashley Church and Erin West, founders of Gap Science, to discuss stress and resiliency in crime scene investigators. Traumatic death investigation can have adverse, long-term effects on crime scene…
Managing an Accredited Digital Forensics Laboratory
This webinar originally occurred on July 1, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview In a 1-hour presentation, this webinar will address challenges unique to managing digital forensics laboratories seeking or maintaining accreditation. Participants will explore current challenges facing digital forensics laboratories…
Just Mitochondrial DNA
Original Release Date: May 8, 2020 In episode seven of the 2020 R&D Season, Just Science interviews Kimberly Sturk-Andreaggi, a Research Scientist at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, about the development of entire mitogenome reference data using an automated…
Just a Statistical Approach to Glass Evidence
Original Release Date: May 1, 2020 In episode six of the 2020 R&D Season, Just Science interviews Dr. José R. Almirall, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida International University, about a statistical approach for the interpretation of glass evidence.…
Ventilation Limited Fires: Considerations for Fire Pattern Analysis
This webinar originally occurred on June 10, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview During the past decade, the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute has conducted research examining fire-fighting tactics. This research found that factors such as construction materials, contents, size, and…
Understanding the Statistics Behind Forensic Conclusions Workshop Series
Interactive Workshop Duration: 20 hour(s) Since the dawn of forensic DNA analyses in the 1980s, legal and scientist scholars have pushed for strengthening the logical and statistical foundations of forensic science. In the U.S., this impulsion has resulted in reports…
Just COVID-19: The Impact to Supporting Victims of Sexual Assault
Original Release Date: April 24, 2020 This week on Just Science, we are publishing a special release episode in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Social distancing, shelter in place, and other responses to COVID-19 can create a stressful environment…
ABMDI Continuing Education Credits
Overview The Forensic Technology Center of Excellence is thrilled to offer American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI) Continuing Education (CE) credits to those who attend the following virtual events. ABMDI credits will be calculated by total time spent watching.…
Just Blowflies and Extreme Temperatures
Original Release Date: April 17, 2020 In episode five of the 2020 R&D Season, Just Science interviews Dr. Travis Rusch, a postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M University, about fluctuating temperatures in forensically important blowflies. Forensic entomologists use predictable developmental rates of certain necrophagus insects to estimate time of…