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Forensic Magazine, June/July 2008
12 The DNA Connection
Forensic DNA Technology and the Genocide Dynamic
CHRIS ASPLEN
16 Forensic Toxicology in the Fore … and Aft
A Review of the Past, Present, and Future States
ROBERT A. MIDDLEBERG, Ph.D., DABFT, DABCC-TC
24 Ricin on the Rise: Are we prepared?
OLIVER GRUNDMAN, Ph.D. AND IAN R. TEBBETT, Ph.D.
30 A (R)evolution in Crime-fighting
CRAIG AAEN STOCKDALE, Ph.D.
36 Forensic Psychiatry
Policing the Intersection of Mental Health and the Law
DOUGLAS PAGE
42 Who Says You Can’t Do That?
Mobile Crime Scene Vehicles
DICK WARRINGTON
44 The Safety Guys:
When Things Go Boom in the Night: An Issue of Compatibility
VINCE MCLEOD, CIH AND GLENN KETCHAM, CIH
48 Most Wanted: Answers to Facility Issues
Building a Case for a New Forensic Laboratory
KEN MOHR AND LOU HARTMAN

Forensic Toxicology
Ricin on the Rise
New Methods for Facial Composites
Mental Health and the Law

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Ricin on the Rise: Are we prepared?
Oliver Grundman, Ph.D. and Ian R. Tebbett, Ph.D.

Nature has created some of the deadliest poisons ranging from botulinum neurotoxin and anthrax to ricin. In the fall of 2001, anthrax spores were discovered in the U.S. mail and ultimately resulted in the deaths of five people. This incident raised awareness to the possibility of a terrorist attack using potent, naturally occurring toxins.

Since the fall of 2001, more and more reports of such events have appeared in the media, the latest being the discovery of ricin in a hotel room in Las Vegas in February 2008. Although not new to the world, the use of chemical and biological poisons has raised concerns among law enforcement and forensic laboratories of how to handle and examine potentially contaminated samples. ...

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Forensic Magazine is a business-to-business magazine published by Vicon Publishing, Inc.

The first issue was published in Spring 2004.

It has a circulation of more than 8,000 print subscribers (BPA Worldwide Membership Applied For June 2006), plus digital subscribers.

Forensic Magazine is published six (6) times per year. It provides information on various aspects of forensic technology, products, equipment, and laboratory design to professionals who are responsible for forensic laboratories and crime scene investigation.

The editorial offices of the magazine are in Amherst, NH.

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