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As Friday’s fall equinox approaches, so does the annual celebration of the International Association of Forensic Nurses annual conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice, a mere two weeks away!
While I would like to encourage each of you to join us, and look forward to meeting all of you, I also would like to congratulate one of our very own, who will be recognized at this year’s conference with the inaugural Visionary Award from the membership of the Canadian Forensic Nurses Association (CFNA).
Sheila Early, fondly referred to as the “Mother of Canadian Forensic Nurses”, has been chosen to receive this honor ... READ MORE
The IAFN Foundation has called for applications from members to serve on the Foundation Board of Directors. If you are energetic, passionate, and dedicated to our organization, please login, learn more and complete the online application here.
The deadline for applying is Sept. 30, 2017. Applicants will be notified of the status of their application on or before Oct. 15, 2017.
 The SANE 365 campaign is designed to help develop or strengthen sexual assault medical forensic services in communities that need assistance. Knowing that it can still be a challenge to talk to facility administrators about ways to strengthen support for patients, IAFN created SANE 365 to highlight and support hospitals in understanding their responsibility in the care of patients who have experienced sexual violence.
Take a look at the SANE 365 Campaign and please use these resources to your advantage in your community.
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International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice
Wednesday, Oct. 11 - Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Up to 27 contact hours will be available as you explore topics covering General Forensic & Legal, SANE, Administrative & Leadership, Pediatrics, and more.
Support your IAFN Foundation and enhance your networking with this year's Laugh Out Loud With The Foundation fundraiser. Tickets are being sold by the foundation. Find out more!
FBI:UCR
This year, CIUS has been streamlined and updated. UCR staff have strategically trimmed the amount of tables and refined the presentation of data in this year’s publication.
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Scoop Whoop
The deafening uproar after the Nirbhaya case shook the country to the core. People from around the world protested against the gruesome rape of a young girl who was merely returning home after watching a movie with a friend.
Vigils were held, protests were organized and India seemed to have finally woken up from its slumber.
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The Daily Universe
It all started with a simple question.
Julie Valentine, a BYU nursing professor and certified sexual assault examiner, wondered how many of the sexual assault kits she worked on made it to the crime lab for analysis.
“Nobody knows.”
“There’s no way to track it.”
“There are too many law enforcement agencies.”
The list of excuses given to Valentine went on, and she became determined to find a way to track the submission rates of sexual assault kits, partnering with forensic scientists at the state crime lab to also follow the analysis.
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Observer-Dispatch
Sexual assault victims in Madison County now have access to a new service to help them through the traumatic aftermath of sexual assault.
Community Memorial Hospital, Colgate University and Liberty Resources, which runs the domestic violence and sexual assault program in the county, have teamed up to make sure that victims have 24/7 access to a nurse trained as a sexual assault nurse examiner, who is able to conduct forensic exams, reassure victims and link them to other services through Liberty Resources’ Help Restore Hope Center.
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NCJRS
Injury evidence and biological evidence gained from forensic medical examinations of
victims can provide evidence about the crime as well as the means of linking a suspect to the
crime. Evidence from a forensic medical examination can include genital and non-genital
injuries, biological evidence (including sperm or semen, blood, and amylase, an enzyme of
saliva), and a DNA profile that can often be derived from the biological evidence. This DNA can
be matched to a potential suspect, matched to another investigation in the FBI’s Combined DNA
Index System (CODIS), or matched to a convicted offender in CODIS.
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Daily Inter Lake
Sexual-assault victims will have increased privacy at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, thanks to the facility’s dedicated suite that provides a private entrance, exam space, waiting room and shower facilities.
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) suite was completed Aug. 7 as part of the hospital’s expansion of its emergency department.
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CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed technical packages to help states and communities take advantage of the best available evidence to prevent violence.
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KDVR-TV
The Education Department announced Friday it is formally rescinding Obama-era guidance on how schools should handle sexual assaults under Title IX federal law.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced earlier this month that her department was concerned that previous guidance denied proper due process to those accused.
As part of the interim guidance, the department released a Q&A outlining recommendations on how schools should respond, including guidance on what schools are obligated to do in response to allegations and their flexibility in establishing their own procedures.
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The Associated Press via USA Today
A court filing this week reveals that the former interim president of Baylor University referred to some women who said they had been sexually assaulted as willing victims, amid lingering allegations that the nation's largest Baptist school repeatedly mishandled or stifled claims of sexual and physical abuse.
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