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Media's reporting on gun violence does not reflect reality, study finds
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via EurekAlert!
A new study, led by the doctors who regularly treat gunshot victims, examined the way the media covers shootings and found that news reports place a disproportionate emphasis on fatal and multiple shootings, while also focusing on uncommon victims, such as women. The researchers fear that the gap between what is covered — and what goes uncovered — in the news could be painting an unrealistic picture of gun violence, which might affect the way the public perceives it. The study was published in the journal Preventive Medicine.
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.FORENSIC NURSES UPDATES
NEW! Leadership Workshop
Are you interested in learning more about funding, budgeting, program management or program expansion? Check out IAFN's newest FREE offerings and register for the live Q&A follow-up sessions. Register today.
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IAFN2020 Virtual Conference Registration Has Been Extended
The IAFN2020 Virtual Conference is now open and registration has been extended! Now more than ever, forensic nursing professionals must come together to innovate, collaborate, and focus on the future. Through the new virtual exhibit hall and a variety of educational and networking opportunities, we will create, learn, and connect. Join us for a one-of-kind learning experience! Registration ends November 1.
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Support the IAFN Foundation
The IAFN Foundation will be hosting a raffle, silent auction, and trivia night during this year’s IAFN2020 virtual conference. The IAFN Foundation's silent auction is open for bids through October 22. The 80s trivia night will be held October 8, at 9 PM EST. You still have a chance to buy a raffle ticket to win a registration to next year's conference.
If you are interested in being a part of the Foundation, the call for 2021 Foundation Board Members is now open!
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Forensic Nurses Week 2020
Forensic Nurses Week is just over one month away! How will you celebrate? A planning guide, poster, web banners, thank you notes, and more are available for download. Learn more.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Trafficking of people in Europe disproportionately affects women
City University of London
A new study finds that the total health, social and economic costs associated with the trafficking of women are almost three times greater than that for men. The study was led by academics from City, University of London’s Violence and Society Centre and published by the European Commission.
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The epidemic of missing, murdered Indigenous women and its impact on Indian Country
KFOR-TV
The U.S Department of Justice finds that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average and four out of five Native women will experience some form of violence in their lifetime. Many people may be wondering the same thing: why? Whitney Gravelle, the tribal attorney for the Bay Mills Indian Community, said it’s due to a lack of resources, law enforcement jurisdiction, and inter-generational trauma.
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How genetic genealogy identified the killer in a Toronto cold case
CBC
Genetic genealogy, a forensic technique that previously helped track down the Golden State Killer and the murderer of a young B.C. couple in 1987, helped Toronto police identify the killer in a cold case from 1984.
"We just came in and finished out what had already been a very long investigation that had tried a number of different things," Anthony Redgrave, a forensic genetic genealogist who spent six months working with Toronto police to identify the killer, told CBC News Network.
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Early trauma influences metabolism across generations
Neuroscience News
People who live through traumatic experiences in childhood often suffer long-lasting consequences that affect their mental and physical health. But moreover, their children and grand-children can also be impacted as well. In this particular form of inheritance, sperm and egg cells pass on information to offspring not through their DNA sequence like classical genetic heredity, but rather via biological factors involving the epigenome that regulates genome activity. However, the big question is how the signals triggered by traumatic events become embedded in germ cells.
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Maltreatment tied to higher inflammation in girls
Neuroscience News
New research by a University of Georgia scientist reveals that girls who are maltreated show higher levels of inflammation at an early age than boys who are maltreated or children who have not experienced abuse. This finding may forecast chronic mental and physical health problems in midlife.
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Recovery from grief is a slow, difficult process for families of terrorism victims
Frontiers via Medical Xpress
Grief is a natural reaction to the death of a loved one, but in cases of tragic or unexpected loss, that sadness can stretch out, affecting day-to-day functioning and reducing quality of life. Prolonged Grief Disorder is a condition characterized by intense longing for the deceased, and by severe and persistent emotional pain. People who lose close family or friends to terrorism are at a particularly high risk of developing PGD.
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Deep neural networks show promise for predicting future self-harm based on clinical notes
Science Codex
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., with over 1.4 million suicide attempts recorded in 2018. Although effective treatments are available for those at risk, clinicians do not have a reliable way of predicting which patients are likely to make a suicide attempt.
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World's oldest murder mystery was 430,000 years in the making
National Geographic
The first known murder was just as brutal as any other. The attacker smashed the victim twice in the head, leaving matching holes above the victim’s left eyebrow. The dead body was then dropped down a 43-foot shaft into a cave—where it lay for nearly half a million years.
Talk about your cold case.
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