The Millon Clinical Inventories,Research Critical of Their Forensic Application,and Daubert Criteria

Law and Human Behavior -     

Scoring women on their labor changes

Women have less opportunities in the labour market than have men. Theories and material on inequality between the sexes are available, but it is not possible to determine accurately the precise handicap that women experience: an adequate means of measurement is lacking.In this article, the theoretical basis for the new complex variable LCS (Labour Chances Score) is described. LCS is developed to enable the measurement of the labour chances of arbitrary groups on the labour market, and to compare them. The LCS method has made the available qualitative data quantifiable. Scores are measured on the four elements of LCS: (being subject to) regulations; (being subject to) expectations; (unfolding) qualifications; (participation in) communication.The LCS mothod is to be used for policy research, as well in the emancipation of working women. Once a low score on a LCS-element is found, policy can be made to remove it.     

Thoracic stab wound caused by a grilling scewer with defomration of the tool

Injuries by meat- or barbecue-skewers are rarely relevant as cause of death. Besides accidental injuries they are used as coincidental tools in capital crimes. Skewers are non-typical stabbing tools of pointed-squared structure, which need considerable force to penetrate the skin. The authors report on a 42-year-old man's fatal thorax stab injury, which he sustained during a barbecue and which stretched from the left mamilla into the back right shoulder tissue. Death was caused by exanguination following stabbing through the superior vena cava. At issue was the question what amount of force was necessary to inflict the wound. Based on the deformation of the stabbing tool, as a result of a material-technical expertise, compressive load application in longitudinal direction and a stabbing force of between 120 to 665 N were to be assumed. Furthermore, in addition to the features of a non-typical tool, the autopsy findings allowed to conclude a powerful stabbing.