Publication Forensic Sciences, March 2024 Author Paul J. Speaker | West Virginia University Abstract Recent research has seen a rapid expansion in the reference to front-end forensics as an indication of the untapped value of forensic science. While some of…
Category: Best Practices & Procedures
Discussion of the FTCOE’s Guidance Document on Considerations for Photographic Documentation in Sexual Assault Cases
Publication Sexual Assault Report, January/February 2024 Author Mikalaa Martin | RTI International Overview In August 2022, the FTCOE published a report, Guidance Document on Considerations for Photographic Documentation in Sexual Assault Cases, which presents photographic documentation practices and techniques for…
Mass Fatality and Disaster Response Preparedness Across Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices in the United States
Publication Forensic Science International: Synergy, February 2024 Authors Micaela A. Ascolese | RTI International Kelly A. Keyes | RTI International Jeri D. Ropero-Miller | RTI International Sean E. Wire | RTI International Hope M. Smiley-McDonald | RTI International Introduction With…
We Did It! You can too! An Inside Perspective to Implementing Standards on the OSAC Registry
← Back to Webinar Series Page ← FTCOE ASCLD All Resources Page This webinar originally occurred on January 30, 2024 Duration: 1 hour Overview There are many forensic science service providers (FSSPs) with a genuine interest in initiating standards implementation…
White Paper – Electronic Death Registry in Medicolegal Death Investigation
Date December 2023 Overview The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)—in partnership with its Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) at RTI International and the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—convened a virtual Medicolegal Death…
White Paper – Information Sharing Between Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices and Organ and Tissue Recovery Organizations
Date December 2023 Overview The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)—in partnership with its Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) at RTI International and the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—convened a virtual Medicolegal Death…
White Paper – Electronic Medical Records in Medicolegal Death Investigation
Date December 2023 Overview The National Institute of Justice (NIJ)—in partnership with its Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) at RTI International and the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—convened a virtual Medicolegal Death…
2024 ASCLD Emerging Issues Webinar Series
← FTCOE ASCLD All Resources Page Overview Through a partnership with the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD), the FTCOE is pleased to present another ASCLD Emerging Issues webinar series with tools you can use. Each webinar in this…
Topic of Interest: Forensic Testimony, Smith v. Arizona
Date December 2023 Overview On September 29, 2023, the Supreme Court granted certiorari for the case of Smith v. Arizona (docket 22-899).1 The key question before the Court is “whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits the prosecution…
Improving Methods Using Machine Learning and Databases in Forensic Anthropology
← Back to Webinar Series Page This webinar originally occurred on December 5, 2023 Duration: 1 hour Overview Part I: GeoFOR presented by Katherine Weisensee, Ph.D. Estimating the time since death, or the postmortem interval (PMI), poses a significant challenge…