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IAFN will honor members who have died within the past year during a special memorial at the opening of the Annual Business Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. MDT in Denver, Colorado.
Whether or not you can attend, please help us recognize these individuals by completing a short online form and submitting a photo. Deadline for inclusion within the Annual Business Meeting is Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at 5 p.m. EDT.
Learn more or complete form.
YOU have the opportunity to donate items! All proceeds from the auction will go to the IAFN Foundation which was created in 2009 to raise and distribute funds in the form of scholarships for nurses in need of assistance to acquire forensic education.
Last year the silent auction raised $4,766 for the Foundation. Start thinking about how you can help someone attain an invaluable education at the annual conference.
Click here to learn more.
International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice
Thursday, Sept. 29 - Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, CO USA
Join nurses, researchers, educators, legal professionals, and multidisciplinary partners as you gain knowledge, are exposed to new perspectives, and learn about the latest evidence in practice. Lead your forensic program into the future! Take advantage of the Regular Registration rate of $550 USD for Members and $679 USD for Nonmembers. Regular Registration ends Aug. 31.
Don't forget about your own professional development. Check out IAFN's Events Calendar to see what trainings are happening in your area, or add a training you're hosting to our list.
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
Federal Register
The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting Act of 2013 (the “SAFER Act”) was enacted as Title X of Public Law 113-4, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. It was created, in part, to develop protocols and practices appropriate for the accurate, timely, and effective collection and processing of DNA evidence, including protocols and practices specific to sexual assault cases, which shall address appropriate steps in the investigation of cases that might involve DNA evidence[.]”
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The Conversation
The release of the “Nauru files” last week revealed more than 2,000 incidents of sexual assault, child abuse and self-harm of asylum seekers, and documented the appalling living conditions for those held in offshore detention on Nauru.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton dismissed many of the files, including those documenting sexual assault, as “false allegations in an attempt to get to Australia”.
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KTIC-FM
“Sexual minority” youth — defined as gay, lesbian and bisexual or not sure — experience substantially higher levels of physical and sexual violence and bullying than their heterosexual peers, according to a new report released today from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In a first of its kind study, researchers looked at national data to understand the issues faced by an estimated 1.3 million sexual minority youth and called for “accelerated action to protect the health and well-being of these young people.”
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WBUR-FM
Police say sexual assault cases are notoriously hard to investigate, in part because so few survivors choose to report the crimes. In 2013, only 35 percent of sexual assault victims reported to the police, according to an estimate by the Justice Department. But, some police departments in Oregon are working to change that.
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The Huffington Post
Mental health conditions are more common among prisoners than in the general population. Estimates suggest that as many as 26 percent of state and federal prisoners suffer from at least one mental illness, compared with nine percent or less in the general population. And prisoners with untreated mental illness are more likely to be arrested again after they are released.
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Slate
The Give Registry is a brilliant new gift registry and ad campaign from Australian department store chain Myer and agency Clemenger BBDO Melbourne that uses the model of a wedding gift registry to provide linens, cookware, dishes, and other household basics to domestic violence survivors. “When a woman leaves abuse, all she often leaves with is her life,” Clemenger BBDO Melbourne said in a project description.
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Pacific Stand
It’s no secret that the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing health-care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives, is underfunded and overburdened; Native Americans are more likely to die from liver disease, diabetes, homicide, suicide, and respiratory diseases than the general population in the United States. But a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds yet another variance in the death certificates of Native Americans: Their race is often misclassified.
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Suffolk County District Attorney
When you think of bravery, what do you see? Do you see a superhero? Do you see a firefighter, police officer, or soldier?
We see something else at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County. We see the faces of our clients and their loved ones.
We see a child, six years old, talking to someone they have never met before, about physical abuse they suffered at the hands of someone close to them.
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The Huffington Post
In 1970, there were fewer than 8,000 women in American jails. By 2014, that number had skyrocketed to nearly 110,000 ― making women in jails the fastest growing segment of America’s incarcerated population.
Yet, surprisingly little research exists on who these women are or why they are increasingly ending up behind bars.
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