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"Objectives — This report presents preliminary U.S. data on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, leading causes of death, and infant mortality for 2011 by selected characteristics such as age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin."
A 1992 instruction manual on using speed camera technology.
Example Subpoena Language for Call Detail Records.
Digital Forensics Guide Cell Phone Location and Tracking Forensics.
Journal article from 2011 on admitting light detection and ranging evidence in Texas.
Slang Terms and Code Words: A Reference for Law Enforcement Personnel.
The Federal Law Enforcement Informer, January 2018 - updates regarding cases that affect policing procedure distributed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Confronting Confinement: A Report of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons, June 2006.
First Step Act of 2018 Early Release for Elderly Inmates, White Collar & Criminal Law Reporter, Bloomberg Law, May 2, 2019.
Arson and Arson Investigation Law Enforcement Survey and Assessment from the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Department of Justice.
An article from Law and Human Behavior on police-induced confessions, listing the risks of false confessions and a recommendation for the reform of interrogation practices.
An article by Saul M. Kassin et al. in American Psychologist 2018 on confessions research outlining a scientific approach to investigating false confessions.
A report on the interrogation and illiciting of a false confession from Robert Davis by Charlottesville police.
An article from Crime Laboratory Digest in 1986 reviewing fire investigation and the use of hair microscopy.
An article from the Journal of Forensic Science on the combining of the analytical methods of hair comparison and mitochondrial DNA sequencing.
