On the positive experience of using the possibilities of the explosive laboratory of the Forensic Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region in terrorist crimes detection and investigation

This article is devoted to the description of the still functioning explosive laboratory created in the structure of the Expert and Technical Department of the Criminal Militia Service of the Central Government of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. The main tasks carried out by the employees of the 10th department of the State Economic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region (department of explosive and fire and technical expertise) are highlighted. Special attention is paid to the participation of these employees in crime scenes investigation of offences involving using explosive objects with subsequent explosive expertise. The author provides examples of high-profile criminal cases. In addition, the author underlines the significant role of interaction of the laboratory under consideration with various law enforcement services for highly efficient expert support in the investigation of crimes related to the illicit trafficking of explosive objects, as well as in solving complex and far from secure operational tasks in order to further scientific and practical development for needs of law enforcement agencies (emphasis is placed on scientific researches of the employees of the 10th department of the Forensic Center).

A 10-Year Review of Opioid-Related Deaths at West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center: 2007-2017

Prescription opioid deaths have tripled since 1999, and currently opioid overdose kills 115 Americans per day on average (1). Prior to 2014, prescription opioids have been the primary driver of opioid-related mortality. In recent years, the United States has seen a steady decline in the rate of opioid prescription. At the same time, there has been a significant increase in the number of deaths attributed to non-prescription opioids such as heroin, illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and fentanyl analogues. In 2017, among 70,237 drug overdose deaths nationally, 47,600 (67.8%) involved opioids, with increases across age groups, racial/ethnic groups, and county urbanization levels in multiple states (2). The opioid epidemic is especially profound in Tennessee, which had the 3rd highest opioid prescription rate in the country in 2017 and an opioid-related death rate of 19.3 deaths per 100,000 persons, compared to the national average of 14.6 (3). This retrospective study analyzes autopsy data from West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (WTRFC) from 2007 to 2017 to gain a better understanding of the effects of the opioid epidemic on West Tennessee and the surrounding areas. Data from opioid-related accidents and suicides were analyzed in order to identify trends in race, age, gender, location, types of opioids, and drug combinations involved in opioid-related deaths.

Results analysis methods of motivation innovation activity and growth of scientific potential of employees Khmelnytskyi the research forensic center of MIA Ukraine

The article considers the role of employee motivation in ensuring the innovative development of the institution. On the basis of the comparative analysis of scientific views of domestic and foreign scientists the essence of the basic theoretical approaches to motivation of employees of their innovative activity is outlined. The leading motives of professional activity for understanding of possibilities of application of the basic motivational theories to increase of innovative activity of employees of establishment are defined. Over a five-year period, an analysis of the formation of a system of motivation for innovative activity of staff in the Khmelnytskyi Research Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Statistical data on the results of innovation activity and growth of scientific potential of employees of the institution are analyzed. It was found that the introduced existing mechanism of motivation of employees of the institution takes into account such important motives of professional creativity as motives of self-realization, and material and moral incentives fully contribute to increasing the innovative activity of employees. The main directions of improving the process of forming a system of motivation are identified, including the need for constant monitoring of the needs of employees, evaluation of measures taken from the standpoint of formation and promotion, expanding forms and methods of training employees in innovation.

FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BULLET RECOVERY WATER TANK IN THE KHARKIV SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FORENSIC CENTER OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE

The article presents a step-by-step course of work to solve the engineering problem of development and commissioning of the bullet recovery water tank of vertical type with a sluice scheme for removing bullets, used for control firing of firearms to create marks bullet collection of the Forensic Service of the MIA of Ukraine. The result of 10-years operation of the specified product is presented.

MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: THE BEGINNING OF THE BIG WAY

The initial stage of the work organization and carrying out of medico-legal examinations in the system of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is clarified. The prospects of activities of the medico-legal experts of the Investigative Committee in the light of the founding a separate expert institution are discussed.. As a result of the positive experience obtained from the work of the medico-legal experts of the Investigative Committee, the regional departments of the Investigative Committee were given the opportunity to introduce the positions of medico-legal experts. The department of medico-legal examinations was created in the department of organization of forensic science activities of the Main Department of Forensic Science (Forensic Center), the head of the department was appointed, and painstaking work was begun on selection of personnel and organization of the performing the medico-legal examinations.

Violence against Women: A Study of Underlying Factors in Tehran Forensic Center 2001

<p><strong>BACKGROUND &amp; OBJECTIVE:</strong> Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global human rights and public health concern. The WHO Multi-Country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence documented the widespread nature of IPV with lifetime prevalence of physical and/or sexual parter violence among ever-partnered women in the fifteen sites surveyed ranging from 15% in Ethiopia province to 71% in Japan.Across the world, violence against women is a major threat to their physical and mental well-being. This violation of the most fundamental human rights usually takes the form of family or domestic violence.</p><p>This study was conducted to determine the violence against women in Tehran in forensic center in 2001.</p><p><strong>METHODS: </strong>Data for this cross-sectional study were collected from women referring to Tehran Forensic Center, with a view to obtaining a realistic picture of violence to women.</p><p>Data were gathered on 120 subjects randomly selected women who completed questionnaires and interview.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>The women in this study had presented with wounds and injuries inflicted by their husbands. These women had been referred to the Center by family courts to complete legal formalities concerning injury diagnosis and duration of treatment.</p><p>The main factors underlying family violence were examined from five different aspects: behavioral and educational problems (79.2%), financial strain (54.2%), and interference by the husband’s family (39.2%), sexual problems (13.3%), and differences in culture and social class (10%).</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>Factors found to have an accelerating or interfering role included the woman’s age and the couple’s education level. However, many women declared that several factors were contributing simultaneously to the problem of violence.</p>