Category: Statistics and Data Analysis

Heroin and fentanyl in Dallas County: A 5-year retrospective review of toxicological, seized drug, and demographical data

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Lindsay Glicksberg PhD, Sara K. Dempsey PhD, Brittany K. Casey PhD

J Forensic Sci; 68(1); 2023

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Burden of disease due to amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid use disorders in South America, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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João M Castaldelli-Maia, Yuan-Pang Wang, Andre R Brunoni, Andre Faro, Rafael A Guimarães, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Miquel Martorell, Rafael S Moreira, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios, Jefferson A B Rodriguez, Leonardo Roever, Diego A S Silva, Marcos R Tovani-Palone, Pascual R Valdez, Ivan R Zimmermann, Garland T Culbreth, Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, Isabela M Bensenor

Lancet Psych; 10; 2023

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Occurrence of Z-drugs, benzodiazepines, and ketamine in wastewater in the United States and Mexico during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Sangeet Adhikari, Rahul Kumar, Erin M Driver, Devin A Bowes, Keng Tiong Ng, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernandez, Mariel Araceli Oyervides-Muñoz, Elda M Melchor-Martínez, Manuel Martínez-Ruiz, Karina G Coronado-Apodaca, Ted Smith, Aruni Bhatnagar, Brian J Piper, Kenneth L McCall, Roberto Parra-Saldivar, Leon P Barron, Rolf U Halden

Sci Total Environ; 857; 2023

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The influence of water of crystallization in NIR-based MDMA⋅HCl detection

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Ruben F. Kranenburg, Henk-Jan Ramaker, Yannick Weesepoel, Peter W.F. Arisz, Peter H.J. Keizers, Annette van Esch, Cathelijne Zieltjens – van Uxem, Jorrit D.J. van den Berg, Janneke W. Hulshof, Sjors Bakels, Anouk M. Rijs, Arian C. van Asten

Forensic Chem; 32; 2023

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Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2022: Secondary School Students

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Miech, R. A., Johnston, L. D., Patrick, M. E., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg J. E.

MTF; Univ Mich; 182pp; 2023

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Adventure Legal Medicine: a free online serious game for supplementary use in undergraduate medical education

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Sven Anders, Antonia Steen, Tjark Müller, Waldemar Krause, Annika Sanwald, Tobias Raupach, Benjamin Ondruschka & Oliver Krebs

Int J Legal Med; 2023

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Likelihood Ratio as Weight of Forensic Evidence: A Closer Look

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Steven P. Lund and HariIyer

J Res Natl Inst Stan; 122; 2017

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Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2001–2021

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Merianne Rose Spencer, M.P.H., Arialdi M. Miniño, M.P.H., and Margaret Warner, Ph.D.

NCHS Data Brief No. 457, December 2022

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Is Forensic Science Scientific? Crime lab errors and privacy issues raise concerns

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John H Tibbetts

BioScience; 70(5); 2020

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Federal Justice Statistics, 2021

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Mark Motivans, PhD, BJS Statistician

Bureau Justice Stat; , US DOJ; 30pp; December 2022

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Case Study Guides for Select NMDID (New Mexico Decedent Image Database) Cases

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Dr. Yi-Li (Grace) Wong, M.D., Kethery Haber, MHA RT(R)(CT)(M)(MR), Roberto Maselli, M.D., Heather J. H. Edgar, Ph.D., Phoebe Nichols, Nicollette Appel, Paige Lynch, Natalie L. Adolphi, Ph.D.

NM Office ME; RTI Intl; NIJ; December 2022

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Drug Overdose Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2020

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Ellen A. Kramarow, Ph.D., and Betzaida Tejada-Vera, M.S.

NCHS Data Brief; No. 455; November 2022

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On the Commonly-Used Incorrect Visual Representation of Accuracy and Precision

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Shervin Shirmohammadi, Luca Mari, and Dario Petri

IEEE; 24(1); 2021

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A call for more science in forensic science

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Suzanne Bell, Sunita Sah, Thomas D. Albright, S. James Gates Jr., M. Bonner Dentone, Arturo Casadevall

PNAS; 115(18); 2018

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Inconclusives and error rates in forensic science: a signal detection theory approach

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Hal R Arkes, Jonathan J Koehler

Law Prob Risk; 20(3); 2021

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Testing for calibration discrepancy of reported likelihood ratios in forensic science

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Jan Hannig, Hari Iyer

J Royal Stat Soc Series A; 185(1); 2022

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ToxNet: an artificial intelligence designed for decision support for toxin prediction

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Tobias Zellner, Katrin Romanek, Christian Rabe, Sabrina Schmoll, Stefanie Geith, Eva-Carina Heier, Raphael Stich, Hendrik Burwinkel, Matthias Keicher, David Bani-Harouni, Nassir Navab, Seyed-Ahmad Ahmadi & Florian Eyer

Clin Tox; 2022

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Digital Transformation of Cold Case Reviews: The Application of Text Analytics (Part 3 of 3)

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Shute, Rebecca, Brailey Faris, Matthew Mecray, Mikalaa Martin, Ashley Rodriguez, Shannon Krauss, and Patricia Melton

FTCoE; USDOJ; NIJ; Office Invest Forensic Sci; November 2022

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Digital Transformation of Cold Case Reviews: Digitizing Case Files (Part 2 of 3)

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Shute, Rebecca, Brailey Faris, Matthew Mecray, Mikalaa Martin, Ashley Rodriguez, Shannon Krauss, and Patricia Melton

FTCoE; USDOJ; NIJ; Office Invest Forensic Sci; November 2022

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