Criminalistics Looks Forward

Technical Note Criminalistics

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a highly endangered species, commonly poached for its ornate shell. “Tortoiseshell” products made from the shell are widely, although illegally, available in many countries. Hawksbills have a circumglobal distribution; thus, determining their origin is difficult, although genetic differences exist geographically. In the research presented, a ...

Criminalistics Education and the Role of the Criminalistics Educator.

The uniqueness of criminalistics education stems from the participation of academe, laboratories, and a variety of public agencies, professional associations, and private vendors. One consequence of laboratory and association participation is the premium placed on experience during the evaluation process. An analysis of undergraduate criminalistics programs indicates the existence of considerab...

Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care looks forward to 2009

Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care, which enters its third year of operation in 2009 under the umbrella of BioMed Central, continues to promote and advance open access publishing through universal online access without charge, indexing in PubMed and archiving in PubMed Central, retention of authors' copyright, and expeditious peer review. Notable accomplishments during 2008 included a median...

Technical Note Criminalistics

In this study, dC values of six cocaine samples were identified and classified using a single quadrupole mass spectrometer and an isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) as simultaneous gas chromatography detectors. Our instrument modification is simple to use and is useful (i) when the sample is of limited size or can only be injected once, (ii) to help identify peaks in a complicated IRMS chro...

What Problems Must Criminalistics Solve