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University of Manchester via Medical Xpress
Children who experience physical, sexual, and emotional abuse or neglect are at least two to three times more likely to attempt suicide in later life, according to the largest research review carried out of the topic.
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There is still time to join us for our free, members-only Forensic Nursing Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. Learn about the impact of healthcare policy on your forensic practice and meet with members of Congress to advocate for issues that impact forensic nursing. Training is provided. If you are interested in attending and belong to an IAFN chapter, please reach out to your chapter leadership to see how they might support you.
Make a Change. Empower Yourself.
- Display your expertise to your patients and colleagues
- Grow your career potential
- Receive external validation of your expertise
- Boost your CV/resume
- Fortify your credibility when testifying
- Master a professional challenge
Apply by Feb. 14, 2019 to sit for the April 2019 SANE-A® and/or SANE-P® certification exam.
The International Association of Forensic Nursing is now soliciting applications for the IAFN Research Awards for FY 2019. Applications will be peer-reviewed by an internal review panel through the IAFN Research Committee. Eligibility is limited to IAFN members. Applications are due Feb. 15! Learn more.
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Join us on Jan. 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern to learn how the National TeleNursing Center piloted the use of Video Conferencing Technology to support SANE/SAFE and emergency department clinicians caring for sexual assault patients across three states with diverse communities (tribal, rural, military). Free for members. Register today.
North Carolina State University via PhysOrg
New research from North Carolina State University and the University of South Florida finds significant flaws in recently released forensic software designed to assess the age of individuals based on their skeletal remains. The researchers report that, on average, the software's age estimates are off by more than 14 years.
"Estimating someone's age at death, based on skeletal remains, helps to build a biological profile of the deceased," says Ann Ross, a professor of biological sciences at NC State and co-author of a paper on the work. "That's important information for identifying unidentified remains, and can also be important in law enforcement contexts."
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The US Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a new report: Source and Use of Firearms Involved in Crimes: Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016. The report describes firearm possession during the crime for which prisoners were serving time and by type of offense; how the firearm was used during the crime; type of firearm possessed; and methods, sources, and processes of obtaining the firearm. Notably, 90 percent of prisoners who possessed a gun during their offense did not obtain it from a retail source. The International Association of Forensic Nurses released a position statement on Gun Violence in August 2018.
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The Canadian House of Commons’ Justice and Human Rights Committee has released its unanimous report Moving Forward in the Fight Against Human Trafficking in Canada. The report highlights several areas which the Committee believes require greater attention and additional actions by all levels of government and all the stakeholders across the country involved in the fight against human trafficking. The International Association of Forensic Nurses and the Emergency Nurses Association released a position statement on Human Trafficking in August 2018.
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Forbes
When it comes to sexual violence, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo are among the most dangerous places in the world. In Kenya, fourteen percent of women and six percent of men aged 15-49 report having experienced sexual violence at least once in their lifetime (the percentage goes up to 45 and 44 percent respectively, if generic 'physical violence' is considered).
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has notoriously been described as the “rape capital of the world", fares even worse: the United Nations estimates that around 200,000 Congolese women have been raped in the 1998-2013 period.
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Associated Press
Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl.
The approvals are legal: The Immigration and Nationality Act does not set minimum age requirements. And in weighing petitions for spouses or fiancees, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services goes by whether the marriage is legal in the home country and then whether the marriage would be legal in the state where the petitioner lives.
But the data raises questions about whether the immigration system may be enabling forced marriage and about how U.S. laws may be compounding the problem despite efforts to limit child and forced marriage.
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The Cut
Brooklyn-based artist Aliza Shvarts began collecting rape kits — formally called sexual assault evidence collection kits — from each American state more than a year ago as part of an art and research project that compares their physical and linguistic differences. The striking result, titled Anthem, is currently on view at Long Island City’s SculptureCenter as part of a group exhibition called “In Practice: Other Objects,” where the installation, which consists of 50 different cardboard box or envelope kits in various sizes and shapes, guides viewers through the process of how evidence is collected after a sexual assault.
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NYU Langone Health via Medical Xpress
New findings from an international research team led by psychiatrists at NYU School of Medicine show that a newly-developed analytic model can predict soon after a shocking or scary event—and with significant accuracy—the likelihood of someone developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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CDA
As the smoke cleared from the Northern California wildfire that destroyed more than 153,000 acres, 18,804 structures and most of the town of Paradise last November, four CDA members worked night and day at the Sacramento morgue to help identify the remains of victims who died in that fire.
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CBC News
When Laura woke up on June 1, 2014, she knew she had been raped. What she didn't know is what, exactly, she wanted to do about it. But thanks to a program in Calgary, Laura was able to delay her decision to have police pursue an investigation until she was emotionally prepared for the aftermath.
This month, four and a half years after the attack, former University of Toronto medical student Prachur Shrivastava was found guilty of sexual assault and will be sentenced in the new year.
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