Companies and consumers alike are increasingly turning to cloud infrastructures to store and protect their data. The cybersecurity risks associated with the technology are growing – and demand a more robust response from industry to confront them.
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Military Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examiners are physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and registered nurses who undergo specialized education and training in the provision of trauma-related healthcare as well as the performance of forensic medical examination
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Mary Bush pursued a career in forensic dentistry, during which she analyzed evidence from criminal cases across the country and became an expert on the admissibility of bite mark evidence in the U.S. court system. Now, the UB faculty member has traded fact for fiction, publishing her first novel, “A Simple Lie,” the beginning of her new crime series.
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From 2015 to 2017, the United States saw a rise in the rate of firearm deaths, according to a study led by University of Michigan researchers. In all, the U.S. saw a 14 percent rise in the rate of firearm deaths from 2015 through 2017, compared with the rate seen in the years 1999 through 2014.
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Scientists have developed an ultrasensitive detector based on black silicon. The device is able to detect trace amounts of nitroaromatic compounds and can be applied to identify the majority of explosives or highly toxic pollutants for medical and forensic evaluations.
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The Department of Defense implemented new policy in March 2019 to direct all service Drug Demand Reduction Program labs to test for fentanyl and norfentanyl. When trends start to be seen in society, the DoD looks at the potency and lethality of the drug, before being considered for additional testing on the panel.
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Cranfield University is investing £3.5 million in the latest forensic science technology at its Cranfield campus. Building on Cranfield’s distinctive strength in defense and security, this forensic science teaching and research facility will be unparalleled in the UK. Students and staff will have access to new facilities such as a virtual reality autopsy table, crime scene investigation rooms and a simulated mass grave excavation site, from summer 2020.
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Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Captain Marco Garmo was arrested last week based on a federal grand jury indictment that charges him with operating an illegal firearms trafficking business – sometimes from his office at the Rancho San Diego Station with the help of others, including a fellow Sheriff’s deputy.
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The Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC) and Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Laboratory (NIRCL) are the latest U.S. forensic labs to announce plans to use STRmix to resolve DNA profiles in criminal investigations.
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Racial disparities at every level of the criminal justice system in America are well documented. Now, a new study by reveals it also exists at the initial level of arrest, even when the crime is committed by a diverse pair of co-offenders. The study, examines crimes committed together by a black person and a white person and finds that the black offender is slightly more likely than their white partner to be arrested for the same violent offense.
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