Unresolved controversies concerning psychopathy: Implications for clinical and forensic decision making.

At some point in their careers, clinicians who work or consult in forensic and correctional settings will almost certainly encounter individuals who exhibit psychopathic personality features. Because of the widespread use of this disorder to inform legal and clinical decision making, psychologists should be exceedingly familiar with the relevant research literature on this topic before venturing into these settings. This article reviews the empirical bases of several clinically relevant claims and assertions regarding psychopathy and concludes that many areas of research are decidedly more equivocal in their findings than is commonly perceived. Although there is much to be gained by assessing psychopathy in various contexts, clinicians need to be cautious about drawing overzealous and empirically questionable conclusions about an important disorder that also has great potential for abuse. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Critical incidents and chronic stressors at work: Their impact on forensic doctors.

Workers in medium- or high-risk professions are often confronted with critical incidents at the workplace. The impact of these acute stressors may be serious and enduring. Many workers also experience chronic job stressors, such as work overload or role conflicts. This study examined the frequently neglected relationship of acute and chronic stressors with self-reported health symptoms, such as posttraumatic responses, fatigue, and burnout. This association was investigated in a sample of forensic doctors in the Netherlands (N = 84). It was found that the more traumatic events the respondents experienced, the more problems they reported in coping with the traumatic events. Chronic job stressors were associated with posttraumatic responses (intrusions and avoidances) and with burnout and fatigue. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Risk evaluations for the courts: Is service quality a function of specialization?

Psychologists are often asked to testify in court. However, concerns have been expressed in both the legal and psychological literatures about the quality of these services. This article presents survey results comparing the practice patterns of generally licensed psychologists with those of specialist forensic diplomates in providing risk evaluations. Results suggest that general clinicians frequently perform these evaluations, but forensic diplomates use more modern risk instruments, are more aware of the scientific literature, and provide the court with more information about the scientific basis of their testimony. The implication of these results for legal professionals, psychologist training, and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

利用茚三酮或DFO加强显现热敏纸张上的潜在指纹

本文介绍一种新技术——利用茚三酮或DFO加强显现热敏纸张上的潜在指纹。大部分热敏纸张的热敏剂表面,使用DFO或茚三酮石油醚溶液(NPB)显影时将会变黑。显现的指纹和背景之间反差很小。新技术介绍了在指纹和热敏层之间,用丙酮水洗,可以去掉黑色污斑。其它新的化学试剂漂洗,显现的指纹有清晰的纹线和很高的反差。大量使用这种技术,可以使试剂优化,成本降低,短时间内能处理大量检材。工作试剂包括商用、不挥发、含氮的有机化合物,也使用象NPB这样的浸透性试剂。     

电子辐射对渗透和非渗透性客体上指纹信息记录的影响

由于恐怖分子利用邮政系统投寄携带炭疽病毒的邮件,传播病毒,已引起美国政府在邮政系统,选择地利用电子辐射杀死病毒。然而,这种病毒袭击并没有得到有效控制,却使信封内的邮件由于高温辐射,受到损坏。有报道说,由于电子辐射使纸张、珠宝、信用卡、软盘和光盘及其它电子材料受到损害。某些研究已在法庭科学中得到验证。本文介绍辐射过程在渗透和非渗透性客体上,对化学试剂、生物酶记录指纹信息的影响。     

关于非法入侵网站的取证分析

文章针对黑客攻击网站以及网页挂马介绍了网站入侵取证的模式和方法（包括IIS日志分析）。通过对实际案例的分析、比较,详细描述了如何开展日常的入侵取证工作。文章对同行业的入侵取证工作具有较好的借鉴和参考作用。     

数字取证的三维过程模型

在强调取证人员重要性的基础上,根据电子证据来源的不同,提出了一个三维过程模型,针对不同的案件中涉及的不同证据来源,可以采用不同的证据收集方案,扩大了数字取证模型的使用范围,同时实现了证据的自动收集和分析功能,及知识的重复使用功能,并在调查分析阶段对证据可靠性放大算法进行了改进,提高了证据的可靠性和工作效率。     

A Timeframe for SARS-CoV-2 Genomes: A Proof of Concept for Postmortem Interval Estimations

Establishing the timeframe when a particular virus was circulating in a population could be useful in several areas of biomedical research, including microbiology and legal medicine. Using simulations, we demonstrate that the circulation timeframe of an unknown SARS-CoV-2 genome in a population (hereafter, estimated time of a queried genome [QG]; t_E-QG) can be easily predicted using a phylogenetic model based on a robust reference genome database of the virus, and information on their sampling dates. We evaluate several phylogeny-based approaches, including modeling evolutionary (substitution) rates of the SARS-CoV-2 genome (~10⁻³ substitutions/nucleotide/year) and the mutational (substitutions) differences separating the QGs from the reference genomes (RGs) in the database. Owing to the mutational characteristics of the virus, the present Viral Molecular Clock Dating (VMCD) method covers timeframes going backwards from about a month in the past. The method has very low errors associated to the t_E-QG estimates and narrow intervals of t_E-QG, both ranging from a few days to a few weeks regardless of the mathematical model used. The SARS-CoV-2 model represents a proof of concept that can be extrapolated to any other microorganism, provided that a robust genome sequence database is available. Besides obvious applications in epidemiology and microbiology investigations, there are several contexts in forensic casework where estimating t_E-QG could be useful, including estimation of the postmortem intervals (PMI) and the dating of samples stored in hospital settings.     

手机及小型手持数字设备数字取证研究综述

现代社会以手机和个人数字助理为代表的小型手持电子设备已经成为人们不可或缺的日常工具。随着信息和通信技术的发展,这些手持设备功能越来越增强,普及度越来越高,在各类案件中都可以见到这类数字手持设备的身影。因而对于这一类小型数字电子设备取证成为紧迫性的新研究领域。对这一类数字取证现状和相应工具作一综述。