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Lawmakers look to ban use of sexual-assault victim DNA in unrelated cases
The Wall Street Journal
State and federal lawmakers are crafting legislation that would prohibit police from using DNA of sexual-assault victims in investigations unrelated to their attacks.
The bills in California and New York come after the San Francisco Police Department earlier this year linked a woman to a property crime using DNA collected from her for a rape kit six years ago.
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.FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES
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FREE DOJ Training
The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Indian Country Training Initiative, in partnership with the International Association of Forensic Nurses, is pleased to announce the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners' Expert Witness Training. The seminar will be held in person July 6-8, 2022, at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Travel-related expenses will be covered by the U.S. Department of Justice. There is no tuition charge for this training.
This training is designed for SANEs interested in providing expert testimony and for prosecutors assigned to sexual assault and domestic violence cases who want to learn more about the effective use of a SANE as an expert witness in their cases. Priority consideration will go to SANEs and prosecutors working on cases arising in Indian Country.
This class has a mock trial component, and prosecutors and a SANE(s) who work cases together are encouraged to register as a team.
Please complete and submit the nomination form here for each of your nominees.
Nomination forms are due by May 20, 2022.
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2022 Implicit Bias Training
Registration for the free live (virtual) training on the topic of Implicit Bias is now open. CE credits will be provided. Space is limited; register today!
May 18, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM EST
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Oakland University is a leader in forensic nursing education. Offering comprehensive FN curriculum with a strong emphasis on hands-on learning and innovative clinical experiences, graduates are prepared to serve as transformational leaders in a variety of FN roles. Follow your passion – transform your career through graduate education!
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Rape has reportedly become a weapon in Ukraine. Finding justice may be difficult
NPR
The number of reports that have emerged since the start of the war in late February suggests that rape in Ukraine at the hands of Russian soldiers may be widespread. Those fears were further crystallized earlier this month following the Russian withdrawal from Bucha, a suburb of the capital Kyiv, where some two dozen women and girls were "systematically raped" by Russian forces, according to Ukraine's ombudswoman for human rights, Lyudmyla Denisova.
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New report highlights US 2020 gun-related deaths: Highest number ever recorded by CDC, gun homicides increase by more than one-third
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention firearm fatality data for 2020—a year that saw the highest number of gun-related deaths ever recorded by the CDC and a sharp increase in gun homicides. Among other things, the report concludes that states with the most robust gun laws have lower gun-related death rates. The Center for Gun Violence Solutions is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Police to form crack teams to tackle family violence, unveil plans to improve care for vulnerable victims
Today Online
The police will form new investigation teams that specialize in tackling family violence cases by next year at its divisions across the island, given that there has been a rising number of reports of sexual crime and family violence cases here.
The new family violence teams will comprise investigation officers equipped to better handle familial issues and manage victims of abuse during investigations, the police said recently.
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Almost 90% of autistic women report experiencing sexual violence, often on multiple occasions
Frontiers Science News
The prevalence of sexual abuse may be up to three times higher for women who are on the autism spectrum, compared to those who are not, reports a new study from France. This is the largest survey specifically investigating the vulnerability of autistic women and the results will improve treatment strategies for victims, as well as prevention programs worldwide.
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Healing historical trauma
Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health
In 2007, Canada took steps to confront the inhumane treatment at Indian residential schools, including a government apology, financial settlements for residential school survivors, and a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that took testimony from survivors and their families and created a national research center. Still, revelations of horrors at the boarding schools continue. Last year, ground penetrating radar identified more than 1,300 unmarked graves at four former Indian residential schools in Canada.
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An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns
Associated Press
Inside a cavernous stone fortress in downtown Pittsburgh, attorney Robin Frank defends parents at one of their lowest points – when they risk losing their children.
The job is never easy, but in the past she knew what she was up against when squaring off against child protective services in family court. Now, she worries she’s fighting something she can’t see: an opaque algorithm whose statistical calculations help social workers decide which families should be investigated in the first place.
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New study finds childhood abuse linked to higher risk for high cholesterol as an adult
American Heart Association via ScienceDaily
The likelihood of developing high cholesterol – a risk factor for heart disease and stroke – was higher among white men and white women who experienced abuse during childhood, according to a study of more than 5,000 Black and white adults in the U.S. In contrast, growing up in a well-managed household with family members who were involved and engaged in the child's life offset the higher risk of high cholesterol among white women and Black men who reported abuse during childhood.
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Autism, ADHD and school absence are risk factors for self-harm, according to new study
Science Magazine
Research led by King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has analyzed factors associated with self-harm in over 111,000 adolescents aged 11-17 years old.
Published in BMC Medicine, the study found that the risk for self-harm presenting to hospital emergency departments was nearly three times higher for boys with autism spectrum disorder compared to boys without ASD.
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Meet the team of women taking on New York City's cold cases
NBC News
A young man wearing a T-shirt with a raven design and a backpack holding a “Watchmen” graphic novel and art supplies was found dead behind a residential building in Brooklyn, New York, over six years ago. Forensic officials estimated that he was 18 to 30 years old.
Medical examiners say they still don't know who he is.
“We don’t know very much about him, but I know he was reading that comic,” said Aden Naka, deputy director of forensic investigations. “I think about him all the time.”
Cases like this motivate Naka and the two other women on the cold case squad in New York City's chief medical examiner's office: Shivonne Hutson, executive director of forensic investigations, and Dr. Angela Soler, assistant director of forensic anthropology.
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