21 articles in this issue
Sayed A. M. Amer,Yousif A. A. Al- Zahrani,Mohammad S. AL-Harbi
Arsenic is a heavy metal with toxic effects on human healthand is widely found in the environment. It is used in suicides and,hence, acquires forensic impact.Sixty adult male albino mice weighing 30-40 g were subjectedto a sub-lethal dose of sodium arsena... see more
Ahmad S. Salim,Asmaa A. Abdall
AbstractIn today’s digital world, printer forensics is one of themost important disciplines to reveal the authenticity of printeddocuments and track criminals. Digital steganographyis an advanced approach to secure color laser printing processes,but it ca... see more
Lawan H. Adamu,Abdullahi Y. Asuku,Usman A. Muhd,Tajuddeen L. Sa’id,Sadiya B. Nasir,Magaji G. Taura
AbstractFingerprints are one of the common forensic tools used in personalidentification. However, the associated secondary epidermalcreases of fingerprints, fingerprint white line count (FWLC), hasreceived less attention within the forensic community. Th... see more
Muhammad N. M. Asri,Nor A. M. Noor,Wan N. S. M. Desa,Dzulki ee Ismail
AbstractForensic examination of inks on questioned documents has becomean important practice and the law enforcement agencies rely heavilyon these techniques during criminal investigations. Although nowadaysthere are a variety of methodologies focused on ... see more
Gurvinder S. Sodhi,Jasjeet Kaur
This paper relates to the application of a novel spray formulationfor developing latent fingermarks on a wide range of crimescene evidences. The formulation is based on a xanthene dye, roseBengal, and a phase transfer catalyst, t-tetrabutylammonium iodide... see more
Rania A. M. Kaka,Amal A. El. Mashali,Anwar M. El Arabi,Ahmed A. F. Siala
AbstractThe uprisings in some Arab states during the past several yearsdeveloped into armed conflicts. Therefore, the incidence of violentcrimes has become more common with no reliable data on theirpatterns. The present study aimed to estimate the magnitu... see more
Asmaa S. El-Banna,Medyan Al-Rousan,Ghada Abu-Sheasha
The study of palatal rugae has an important role in establishingpersonal identity and facilitating population identification. Thecurrent work analyzed the pattern of palatal rugae among an adultJordanian population and searched for any gender differences.... see more
Randa H. Abdel-Hady,Aml A. Mohamed,Marwa Kh. Mohammed
Aluminum phosphide (AlP) poisoning is a major problem, accountingfor many Emergency Unit visits and hospitalization withincreasing incidence of AlP toxicity in the last few years. In spiteof the progress achieved in the field of toxicology and associatedt... see more
Nilesh K. Tumram,Rajesh V. Bardale
The issue of request for post-mortem sperm retrieval [PMSR]for reproductive purposes has gained momentum in the recent pastin India and other countries. There are various methods for postmortemretrieval of sperm. Modern medicine has progressed to astage w... see more
Praveen K. Yadav,Rakesh M. Sharma
Sources of metals in alcoholic beverages can be classified intoprimary and secondary sources. High concentrations of metals maylead to potential toxicity in cases of overconsumption over a longperiod of time. Metal content in alcoholic beverages may be us... see more
Saikat Das,Soumeek Chowdhuri,Ritwik Ghosh
AbstractDiagnosis of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is challenging formedical professionals. For this reason, to make diagnosis easier forforensic pathologists, there is a pressing need for the use of biomarkers.This article highlights biomarkers that can be ... see more
Marcin Zawadzki,Pawel Szpot Szpot
AbstractAnticoagulant rodenticides (AR) are among the most commonlyused rodent control pesticides. The current second-generationrodenticides in worldwide use are referred to as superwarfarins.These substances have relatively low toxicity to humans but sig... see more
Noora R. Al Snan,Mohammed A. Ghayyath
The Kingdom of Bahrain is one of the few countries thathas significant numbers of terrorist investigations, which hasallowed our scientists to develop expertise in the forensic examinationof post and pre-blast explosive exhibits. This paperpresents a revi... see more
Gerard P. Devnath,Sanjay Sukumar,Shanmugam Kandasamy
AbstractDeath arising from fireworks is not an uncommon phenomenonin India. Deaths commonly arise during the manufacturingprocess and improper handling of chemicals forfireworks.Here, we would like to highlight a rare case in which a12-year-old child sust... see more
Somnath Das,Rina Das,Senjuti Dasgupta,Chandan K. Jha
AbstractA choroid plexus cyst may be present throughout the ventricularsystem of the brain. A hemangioblastoma is generally found inpatients with genetic diseases like Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndromedisease, but it can also be found sporadically in the s... see more
Marta Da Pian,Pietro Carresi,Valerio Causin
AbstractThe advent of new technologies such as DNA typing, the weightof scientific evidence in criminal trials of widespread publicity, andthe proliferation of fictional and non-fictional works in popular mediahave contributed to making forensic science w... see more
Huda M. A. Benyounis
According to the judge, jury and the public in the UK, SallyClark murdered her two sons. The prosecution forensic expert hadsubmitted his evidence using complex medical and scientific languagethat misled the jury. The defence expert failed to challengehim... see more
Mustafa I. A. Khaled
This paper deals with an important issue concerning the relationship between Islamic sharia rules in the field of combating theft, the scientific development in the field of computers and the internet, and their uses in the evolution of methods of committ... see more
Antar Abdellah
The present study attempts to investigate the nature of the work of the forensic linguist to find out the procedural methods used to attribute authorship of texts to their potential owners. The aim is to examine the aspects of the linguistic theory on whi... see more
Youness Nafid
The field of criminal evidence has undergone a major revolution with respect to the prosecution of crimes of all types and at different stages of public proceedings.This progress is due to the rigorous scientific development in the world, which has enable... see more
Mashaallah O. ALzwae
Crime has developed as a result of scientific and technological progress. Because of this development, it can be impossible to identify the perpetrators by traditional means of proof. Traditional means of proof lack the necessary means to identify the off... see more