Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation Integrating Policy, Practice, and Rese
This webinar examines the problem of Intimate Partner Violence Strangulation and an innovative response policy. The presentation will include an overview of the nature and extent of strangulation, its dangers, and adverse medical consequences followed by a review of a Strangulation Ordinance in Burleson, Texas that mandates extensive training for first responders and a city-wide response protocol for strangulation detection and investigation, documentation of strangulation signs and symptoms, medical assistance, and service referrals for strangulation survivors.
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3D Firearm Imaging: Testimony and Admissibility
This video is one of four from the Virtual Workshop Series: 3D Firearm Imaging, hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence from August 21 to September 11, 2024. This series is intended for firearm examiners or soon-to-be firearm examiners working in laboratories that have recently adopted 3D Firearm Imaging or are considering its adoption soon.
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Expert Testimony: Presenting Forensic Evidence in the Courtroom
George Mason University and the National Association of Attorneys General presents the National Center on Forensics Continued Training Plan to provide additional training sessions for more advanced information on the topics covered in the conference.
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Frye, Daubert, and PCAST: Countering Admissibility Challenges
This training was presented as a part of the National Center on Forensics conference at George Mason University on August 8th, 20
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An Overview of Admissibility Decisions After the PCAST Report
This presentation is part of the virtual workshop "Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Legal Professionals – The Daubert Standard," hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 2, 2023.
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Issues Surrounding Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Forensic Disciplines
This presentation is part of the virtual workshop "Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Legal Professionals – The Daubert Standard," hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 2, 2023.
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The Impact of Daubert on Forensic Anthropology Expert Witness Evidence
This presentation is part of the virtual workshop "Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Legal Professionals – The Daubert Standard," hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 2, 2023.
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Expert Admission Under Daubert
This presentation is part of the virtual workshop "Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Legal Professionals – The Daubert Standard," hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 2, 2023.
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The History and Admissibility of Forensic Expert Testimony
This presentation is part of the virtual workshop "Qualifications of an Expert Witness for Legal Professionals – The Daubert Standard," hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on August 2, 2023.
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Low Prosecution Rates in Sexual Assault Cases: Can We Make Sustainable Improvements?
Dr. Julie L. Valentine provides background information on the challenges in tracking prosecution outcomes in sexual assault cases of adult victims. Research utilizing the National Institute of Justice Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Practitioner Toolkit in two Utah counties is presented. Variables predicting prosecution are be explored. Participants are invited to consider societal, structural, and legislative barriers to prosecution of adult sexual assault cases faced in their jurisdiction to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration.
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Just Trauma-Informed Approaches and Advocacy for Vulnerable Populations
In the final episode of our 2022 Sexual Assault Awareness Month mini season, Just Science sat down with Natasha Alexenko, a sexual assault survivor, advocate, author, and founder of Natasha's Justice Project, to discuss advocacy for vulnerable populations and trauma-informed approaches to sexual assault. As a sexual assault survivor and advocate, Natasha Alexenko has dedicated her career to improving the lives of sexual assault survivors. She has worked both nationally and internationally to discuss past, present, and future directions for an improved response to sexual assault.
Just Sexual Assault Response and Supporting Vulnerable Populations
In episode one of our 2022 Sexual Assault Awareness Month mini season, Just Science sat down with Mary Weston, the Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Supervisor of the Cold Case Unit, and Project Manager of the Sexual Assault Kit Task Force at Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office to discuss sexual assault response with vulnerable populations. Different challenges may arise when prosecuting sexual assault cases involving vulnerable populations, including cases with male victims.
Booker and Beyond Analyzing Sentencing Reform and Exploring New Research Directions
This webinar features a discussion of previously published research on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 Booker decision - which effectively transformed the United States Sentencing Guidelines from a mandatory, to an advisory, system. The presentation will address selected research findings from the last 15 years. Individual participants will briefly review their previous research findings with particular attention paid to the analytic methods used.
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Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice.
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NIJ Multisite Impact and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts, Fiscal Year 2022
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Dual System Youth: At the Intersection of Child Maltreatment and Delinquency
Across the country, child welfare and juvenile justice systems now recognize that youth involved in both systems (i.e., dual system youth) are a vulnerable population who often go unrecognized because of challenges in information-sharing and cross system collaboration. In light of these challenges, national incidence rates of dual system youth are not known.
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Communicating Conclusions in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
The results of a bloodstain pattern analysis are communicated through written reports and courtroom testimony. Principles of communication science will be discussed and explained to develop the audience’s ability to transfer meaning through writing and verbal testimony.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on December 11, 2019.
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What Works in Reentry
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Statistics and Testimony from the Practitioner and Juror Point of View: Panel Discussion
This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.
The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.
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Factors Which Influence Juror’s Interpretation of the Value of Forensic Science Testimony
This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.
The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.
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Challenges Faced by Experts When Communicating Forensic Evidence to Triers of Fact - One Statistician's View
This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.
The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.
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Statistical and Testimony from the Practitioner and Juror Point of View - Panel Discussion
This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.
The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.
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Likelihood Ratio Testimony - Cross-Examined
This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.
The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.
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Reality Check - What Is Expected from Expert Witnesses
This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.
The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.
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