New app launched for public to help pioneering hand identification research
Scientists behind a pioneering hand-identification research program are launching a new app and are calling on thousands of members of ...
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Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04765 Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded ...
New $3 million project to study opioid medication use in criminal justice setting
Credit: UK Photo | Mark Cornelison LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2020) - The University of Kentucky recently received $3 million ...
George Mason receives NIJ grant to develop bruise identification protocol
Dr. Katherine Scafide and collaborators will develop protocol and curriculum for bruise identification using alternate lightCredit: George Mason University Dr. ...
UBCO researcher examines traumatic brain injury in survivors of intimate partner violence
Groundbreaking research seeks to create better supports and outcomes for womenCredit: UBCO While the diagnoses and treatment of sport-related concussion ...
Study finds public support for health care providers talking about gun safety
Credit: University of California Regents (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Most Californians find gun safety conversations that take place in the exam ...
Four Loko continues to wreak havoc among young drinkers
New studies from George Mason University show that young drinkers still dangerously underestimate alcohol contentCredit: George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) ...
Big cities breed partners in crime
New model shows it is easier to find partners in high populationCredit: Rafael de Nadai EVANSTON, Ill. -- Your intuition ...
New research: More than every second female homicide is committed by the partner
Intimate partner homicide -- that is women who are killed by their partner -- constitutes a significant proportion of the ...
Study calls for legal reform on ‘hidden crime’ few male victims will talk about
A call for a change in the law to class men, forced to have sex with women, as rape victims ...
Semi-automated contracting system to accelerate partnering in AI-powered drug discovery
Partnership model between artificial intelligence (AI) development companies and 'Big Pharma' provides legal template for accelerated drug discovery process worldwideCredit: ...
Study: New cars are safer, but women most likely to suffer injury
Credit: UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older ...
Family and community central to recovery among Sierra Leone’s former child soldiers
15-year study the first to follow male and female child soldiers into adulthoodCredit: Chris Soldt, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. ...
Marshall University occupational medicine expert pens new book to guide start-up practices
Credit: American Medical Association Research supported by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RA/SLE) ...
Handgun licensing more effective at reducing gun deaths than background checks alone
New Johns Hopkins white paper and infographic explain that how the background check is carried out is key to reducing ...
Structural sexism: FSU researcher offers new perspective on gender and health inequality
Credit: (FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer) A Florida State University researcher has found gender inequality in U.S. states is bad for everybody's ...
Let’s clear the air
New paper details outcomes from long-term environmental justice partnership in east endCredit: Harold Rickenbacker PITTSBURGH (May 29, 2019) -- For ...
UTSA study shows vaping is linked to adolescents’ propensity for crime
(San Antonio, May 28, 2019) -- UTSA criminal justice professor Dylan Jackson recently published one of the first studies to ...
SIOP star shines brightly
SIOP fellow Michele Gelfand elected to American Academy of Arts and SciencesCredit: SIOP Michele J. Gelfand, Distinguished University Professor in ...
Study explores privatization of public systems of justice
Since the 1980s, federal and local governments have increasingly used public money to hire private firms to house and manage ...
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