FTCOE Publications Archives

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White Paper – Information Sharing Between Medicolegal Death Investigators And Toxicology Testing Services

This white paper reviews the importance of information sharing between medicolegal death investigation (MDI) offices and organ and toxicology testing services, while also discussing collaborative efforts to improve how MDI data are exchanged and modernized.

December 2023

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Topic Of Interest: Forensic Testimony, Smith V. Arizona

This document provides a summary of the Supreme Court case, Smith v. Arizona, which questions the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Supreme Court decisions related to expert witness testimony are also examined.

December 2023

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Technical Note – Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Photo Diode Array Ultraviolet Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-PDA UV-MS)

This technical note outlines the utility of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with photo diode array ultraviolet spectroscopy (PDA UV) detection and single quadrupole mass spectrometry (MS) detection in a series as a complementary technique to gas chromatography-election ionization-mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS) in seized drug analysis.

December 2023

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A Landscape Study Of Computed Tomography Scanners For Postmortem Applications

This landscape study provides medical examiners, coroners, and other medicolegal death investigation professionals an overview of computed tomography (CT) scanner technology, with postmortem applications, as well as limitations, product details, considerations for implementation, and success cases.

December 2023

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What FSSP Leaders Should Know About Artificial Intelligence And Its Application To Forensic Science In-Brief

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be leveraged across multiple fields within the criminal justice system, forensic science service providers (FSSPs) have an opportunity to improve forensic laboratory workflows and analyses. This report from December 2023 documents the opportunities and realities of implementing future AI-enabled technologies, as well as current research efforts within forensic science.

December 2023

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Navigating Medical Examiner And Coroner Office Accreditation Challenges: A Practical Guide

This report serves as a guide for medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) accreditation programs and processes, including the benefits of accreditation and resources for offices seeking accreditation.

December 2023

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Technical Note – Gas Chromatography-Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (GC-VUV)

This technical note details the utility of gas chromatography–vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC-VUV) as a method of seized drug analysis.

December 2023

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Technical Note – Gas Chromatography Vapor-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy (GC-VIR)

This technical note details the utility of Gas Chromatography Vapor-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy as a supplemental or alternative technique to the traditional methods, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and infrared spectroscopy (IR), to analyze seized drugs.

December 2023

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White Paper – Evolving Approaches And Technologies For Seized Drug Analysis

This white paper is for forensic laboratory leaders and those involved in the procurement of analytical instrumentation as it explores advancing approaches and technologies available to face existing challenges in seized drugs analyzation.

December 2023

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Data Exchange Practices Of Medicolegal Death Investigation

This report summarizes the opportunities for, and challenges of, increasing standardization and automation in data exchange amongst medicolegal death investigator (MDI) and MDI-related agencies.

December 2022

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