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Outrage Over Rape Kit Backlog
By Rebecca Waters
The growing nationwide rape kit backlog has been featured prominently in the news. Aside from the implications for the individual sexual assault victims in these cases, many argue that failing to test each kit allows the offender to remain at large and precludes the opportunity of discovering linked attacks and repeat offenders.
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Continue Your Education at the 20th ISHI

Opportunities for continuing education abound at the 20th International Symposium on Human Identification. Challenge yourself with advanced training including a technical leaders session and ABC certification exam. Learn about mass fatality response training, advanced statistics, presenting DNA evidence in court and more. Learn more at www.ishi20.com
FORENSIC NEWS
  • Budget Decrease Could Lead To Crime Increase
    District Attorney Ed Jagels in Kern County, California, fears that county budget cuts forcing layoffs in his department will result in important evidence not being analyzed in the crime lab, allowing some misdemeanor cases, including gang cases, to go unprosecuted.
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  • Online Forensic Library
    FORENSICnetBASE provides access to references and resources covering every aspect of forensics and law enforcement, from criminal justice and forensic investigation to counterterrorism, cyber crime, and money laundering.
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  • Mount Royal College Opens Crime Lab
    The Mount Royal Criminal Justice Research Lab, the only independent research crime lab in Alberta, Canada, has been in operation a couple months. It will conduct research on identity theft, human trafficking and border security.
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  • Automated Plasmid DNA Purification
    Many of today’s applications require rapid isolation of pure plasmid DNA and automation can meet these high-throughput needs. To this end, Hamilton Robotics has introduced a tested and verified protocol for automation of the Promega Wizard SV 96 Plasmid DNA Purification System.
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  • Fido Verdict Quickly Identifies Explosives, Narcotics and Liquid Threats
    ICx Technologies has released Fido Verdict, a palm-size instrument capitalizing on the miniaturization of Raman-based spectroscopy instruments, to help military and law enforcement officials identify explosives, dangerous liquids, narcotics, and other threats.
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August 16 – 22, 2009
Annual IAI International Educational Conference
Tampa, FL

September 11 – 16, 2009
NAME Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA

September 13 – 17, 2009
ASCLD Annual Symposium
Anaheim, CA

Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2009
The 1st International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime
Albany, NY

October 2 – 3 2009
Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO) Annual Training Seminar
Burbank, CA

October 3 – 7, 2009
IACP Annual Conference & Exposition
Denver, CO

October 6 – 9, 2009
Tri-Division Educational Conference
Las Vegas, NV

October 7 – 10, 2009
AFQAM Conference
Anaheim, CA

October 12 – 15, 2009
International Symposium on Human Identification
Las Vegas, NV

October 14 – 16, 2009
Ohio Identification Officers Association Fall Training Conference
Miamisburg, OH

October 18–23, 2009
SAFS/MAFS/MAAFS/SWAFS Joint Meeting
Orlando, FL

October 19–23, 2009
SOFT
Oklahoma City, OK

October 19–20, 2009
New Jersey State Division of the IAI Annual Educational Conference
Hamilton, NJ

October 19–23, 2009
Tennessee Division of the IAI Fall Conference
Nashville, TN

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