Recovery of decomposed and skeletal human remains in the "Green River Murder" Investigation. Implications for medical examiner/coroner and police

The Green River Murder Investigation in King County, Washington, is currently the longest active serial murder investigation in U.S. history. During its course, over 26 separate scenes with from one to five victims each have been processed. The experience of the authors is presented in order to acquaint other agencies with techniques of outdoor scene processing that have evolved during recovery of remains from Green River and other skeletal cases.     

对成都市创建安全社区的建议

成都市是西部大型中心城市,城市管理及社区建设各项工作一直走在全国前列,进行“安全社区”创建工作有相当的基础,因此,把安全社区建设作为公共安全、事故预防体系、应急救援体系和安全文化建设的基石,积极开展安全社区建设的研究和创建对构建和谐成都具有十分重要的意义。     

从文化消费看大学生价值取向教育

文化消费指人们根据自己的主观意愿选择文化产品和服务来满足自身生活需要的过程。当前,大学生在文化消费方面存在着精神消费与物质消费比例严重失衡的问题。当前大学生的文化消费现状,说明他们的价值取向具有如下特点:自我意识渐强、多元取向日益明显、功利取向愈益突出、政治取向明显弱化等。只有加强思想教育,帮助大学生解决思想上的困惑并同时给予必要的消费文化生活指导,才是标本兼治的有效途径。     

网络游戏外挂程序法律政策问题研究系列之三——外挂程序相关法律关系分析

本文着重讨论网络游戏（以下简称“网游”）开发商与外挂开发商之间、网游运营商与外挂开发商之间、网游运营商与玩家之间、国家与外挂开发商之间这四个方面的法律关系。由于外挂开发商与外挂经销商往往是同一个主体，所以对外挂经销商传播外挂的行为不单独进行讨论。     

Teenage suicide in King County, Washington. I. Rates of suicide for 26 years

The population-adjusted rate of teenage suicide in King County, Washington, was reviewed for the 26 years from 1959 to 1984. For the entire period, the rate did not change significantly. An abrupt change did occur during the middle of this period, but, for reasons discussed in the text, this may well represent a change in procedures and philosophy of death certification rather than a real change in rate. Reasons for the apparent discrepancy with national statistics are discussed.     

Spatial variation of refractive index in a pane of float glass.

In the statistical interpretation of forensic glass evidence it is standard practice to make the assumption of homogeneity of the refractive index (RI) of the source glass, or of localized homogeneity. However, the work of Locke and Hayes showed that, for toughened windscreen glass, this assumption might not be true. This work is well cited, but there appears to have been little follow-on published research. Furthermore, the toughening process is something known to affect the refractive index, and is a process that float glass does not undergo. Float glass is a major component of casework in New Zealand and for that reason it would be interesting to know whether the findings of Locke and Hayes apply when dealing with float glass. In this paper we describe an experiment similar to that of Locke and Hayes, systematically examining the variation of RI in a pane of float window glass. It was found that, although there were no systematic differences in refractive index, there were observable differences across the pane.     

Uncovered bones on the Baltic Sea beach--human or animal?]

Report of an unusual finding of bones on the shore of the Baltic Sea. Although the morphological findings appeared similar to a human foot skeleton, a quick identification as sea dog bone was possible.     

Determination of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in human amniotic fluid using high flow solid-phase extraction columns and HPLC.

A new solid-phase extraction procedure for the determination of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in amniotic fluid, using high flow co-polymeric sorbents is reported. The recoveries of cocaine and benzoylecgonine within the range 0.1-1 mg/l were 95.7% and 50.3%, respectively. The use of high-flow sorbents allowed the easy extraction of amniotic fluid regardless of sample viscosity or physical nature. The use of these solid-phase columns provided many advantages over the more commonly used solvent extraction, including an increase in extraction speed and efficiency, reduced operator time, reduced solvent use and disposal volumes and exceptional extract quality. Further, the determination of amniotic fluid obtained from pregnant cocaine users may provide important information about handling of cocaine by the fetus at various gestational ages. The procedure was successfully applied to amniotic fluid from suspected cocaine abusers.