FORENSIC SCIENCES: CRIMINALISTICS - Bio Medical Forensics

Weight of Evidence for DNA Profiles From
Degraded Samples: Low Template Samples and
Mixtures
Casework Validation of Genetic Calculator
Mixture Interpretation
Adele A. Mitchell, PhD*, Office of Chief Medical Examiner of
New York City, Box 13-69, 421 East 26th Street, New York, NY
11215; Lauren Liberman, MS, 8701 Ridge Boulevard,
Apartment C7, Brooklyn, NY 11209; Andrew Wong, BS, and
Mechthild K. Prinz, PhD; and Theresa A. Caragine, PhD,
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City,
Department of Forensic Biology, 421 East 26th Street, New
York, NY 10016
Mark W. Perlin, PhD*, Cybergenetics, 160 North Craig Street,
Suite 210, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; and Barry W. Duceman,
PhD, NY State Police Crime Lab, Forensic Identification
Center, 1220 Washington Avenue, Building 30, Albany, NY
12226
Three Match Statistics, One Verdict Mark W. Perlin, PhD*, Cybergenetics, 160 North Craig Street,
Suite 210, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; and Robin W. Cotton, PhD,
Boston University School of Medicine, Biomedical Forensic
New York State Police Validation of a Statistical
Tool for Genotype Inference and Match That
Solves Casework Mixture Problems
Measure for Measure: A Decade of the Impact of
CODIS in Criminal Cases in New York City and
Beyond
Sciences, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
Jamie L. Belrose, MS*, Northeast Regional Forensic Institute,
University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
12222; and Barry W. Duceman, PhD, New York State Police
Forensic Investigation Center, NY State Police Crime Lab,
1220 Washington Avenue, Building 30, Albany, NY 12226
Kimberly A. Michalik, MSFS*, Amy Baldwin, MSFS*, Marie
Samples, MS, Noelle J. Umback, PhD, and Mechthild K. Prinz,
PhD, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of
Integration of DNA Authentication Into the
Forensic Biology, 421 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10016
Dan Frumkin, PhD*, and Adam Wasserstrom, PhD, Nucleix, 160
Forensic Procedure
27 Habarzel Street, Tel-Aviv, 69710, ISRAEL
Evaluation of Quantitation Methods for Sarah C. Schultheis, MS*, Dixie Peters, MS,and Arthur J. 160
Implementation in Forensic Casework Eisenberg, PhD, University of North Texas Health Science
Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107;
and Bruce Budowle, PhD, Forensic & Investigative Genetics,
University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp
Bowie Boulevard, EAD 310, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Forensic Analysis of Salvia divinorum and Melissa A. Bodnar, BS*, and Victoria L. McGuffin, PhD, 161
Related Salvia Species Using Chemometric Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East
Procedures
Lansing, MI 48824; and Ruth Waddell Smith, PhD, Michigan
State University, School of Criminal Justice, 506 Baker Hall,
East Lansing, MI 48824
Validation of Thin Layer Chromatography With Susanne E. Howlett, BA*, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
AccuTOF-DART Detection for Forensic Drug
Analysis
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Synthesis of Fluoromethcathinones Thomas A. Brettell, PhD, and Marianne E. Staretz, PhD,
Cedar Crest College, Department of Chemical & Physical
Science, 100 College Drive, Allentown, PA 18104; and Jillian
Conte, BS*, Cedar Crest College, 100 College Drive,
Allentown, PA 18401
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