{"id":75027,"date":"2019-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-forensic-science-series-goes-inside-the-mind-of-a-serial-killer\/"},"modified":"2019-09-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-forensic-science-series-goes-inside-the-mind-of-a-serial-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/uri-forensic-science-series-goes-inside-the-mind-of-a-serial-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Forensic Science Series goes inside the mind of a serial killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 9, 2019 \u2013 Digital forensics and cybersecurity, criminal profiling, autopsies and DNA are just a few of the topics that will be covered as part of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Fall Forensic Science Series, which begins this week.<\/p>\n<p>The annual series, which is entering its 21<sup>st<\/sup> year, brings leaders in the field of forensic science to the University and provides students, faculty and members of the public the opportunity to learn about the science that goes into crime-solving.<\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be held every Friday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, 140 Flagg Road, Room 100 Lecture Hall. All lectures are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The complete schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>September 13<\/u>, David DeTora, supervising medical examiner, State of Rhode Island. As the lead investigator with the Rhode Island Medical Examiner\u2019s Office, DeTora has investigated approximately 7,500 deaths. His discussion on <strong>\u201cMedicolegal Death Investigation\u201d<\/strong> will draw not only on this, but also his experience in crime scene investigation as a detective with the Johnston Police Department and commander of their Bureau of Criminal Identification Unit (BCI).<\/li>\n<li><u>September 20<\/u>, Ann Burgess, professor of nursing, Boston College Connell School of Nursing. Portrayed as forensic psychologist Dr. Wendy Carr in the Netflix series \u201cMindhunter,\u201d Burgess\u2019 specialty is psychiatric nursing and the impact of trauma on very young victims. She worked with members of the FBI to study serial murderers and connect the dots between early trauma and subsequent perpetration. The findings of these studies were published in several scientific journals as well as the book, \u201cMindhunter: Inside the FBI\u2019s Elite Serial Crime Unit.\u201d Her discussion, <strong>\u201cMindhunter Cases from the FBI Serial Murder Study,\u201d<\/strong> will focus on several of the Mindhunter cases.<\/li>\n<li><u>September 27<\/u>, Walter Williams, criminalist, Warwick Police Department. Retired Providence Police Department BCI Detective Williams will take attendees <strong>\u201cInside a Rhode Island Homicide Investigation.<\/strong>\u201d Williams, who has specialized in bloodstain spatter, finger and palm print analysis, is currently the only civilian crime scene analyst working for a law enforcement agency in Rhode Island.<\/li>\n<li><u>October 4<\/u>, Carl Selavka, president, Northeastern Bioscience Associates, LLC. As the chief forensic scientist for Northeastern Bioscience Associates, Selavka has decades of experience specializing in esoteric toxicology, explosives and arson. His toxicology expertise has extended to the application of non-traditional forensics to obtain information where normal tests would fail. His presentation is entitled, <strong>\u201cComplementary Toxicology: Introduction to a Cool Forensic World.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><u>October 11<\/u>, Anita Zannin, owner and principal, AZ Forensic Associates, LLC. An expert in bloodstain pattern analysis with more than 15 years\u2019 experience, Zannin trained under Herbert MacDonell, who is widely recognized as one of the fathers of bloodstain pattern analysis. Her presentation \u2013<strong>\u201cIs Bloodstain Pattern Analysis REALLY Junk Science?\u201d<\/strong>\u2013 will evaluate recent press on the reliability of bloodstain pattern analysis as well as review case studies.<\/li>\n<li><u>October 18<\/u>, Timothy Chadronet, Bryan Volpe, Sgt. Jack Foster, investigators, New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Chadronet, a public health analyst; Volpe, a drug intelligence officer; and Foster, a sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police, will provide <strong>\u201cAn Overview of the New England HIDTA Overdose Response Strategy,\u201d<\/strong> relative to the current opioid epidemic. In addition to trends and providing Rhode Island and regional perspectives on the crisis, the presentation will include a discussion of what is fueling the opioid problem nationally as well as steps being taken to mitigate casualties.<\/li>\n<li><u>October 25<\/u>, Christine Zozula, associate professor of sociology, 溏心vlog免费B站. Zozula, who holds a joint appointment with 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Criminology and Criminal Justice Program, will present <strong>\u201cMarketing Justice: How Community Courts Cultivate Legitimacy,\u201d<\/strong> based on her research into how community courts, which aim to promote community efficacy and prevent crime from escalating, may actually be criminalizing and punishing incivility.<\/li>\n<li><u>November 1<\/u>, Susan Cormier, detective, Pawtucket Police Department, and David Keatley, professor of criminology, Murdoch University School of Law. <strong>\u201cCold Case Investigations\u201d<\/strong> will cover newer, novel methods of raising awareness and creating new leads in cold cases as well as some of the methods used in cold case research. Detective Cormier is the founder of the Rhode Island Cold Case Task Force, a diverse group of experts in the field of criminal investigation \u2013 of which, criminologist David Keatley is a part.<\/li>\n<li><u>November 8<\/u>, Claremary Sweeney, mystery author. The author of the South County Mystery Series, including such books as \u201cLast Train to Kingston\u201d and \u201cLast Rose on the Vine,\u201d Sweeney will bring attendees <strong>\u201cInside the Devious Mind of a Murder Mystery Writer.\u201d<\/strong> Sweeney will discuss where she gets the ideas for her works, the research that goes into preparing to write and what goes into publishing a mystery novel.<\/li>\n<li><u>November 15<\/u>, Priya Banerjee, assistant medical examiner, State of Rhode Island. Dr. Banerjee is a board-certified anatomic and forensic pathologist who has conducted over 1,400 postmortem examinations, and has been called to the site of multiple crime scenes to provide immediate expertise. Her presentation, <strong>\u201cForensic Autopsies: Getting the Dead to Speak,\u201d<\/strong> will cover the role of the Rhode Island Office of the State Medical Examiner, including its role in public health and criminal justice through the performance of autopsies.<\/li>\n<li><u>November 22<\/u>, Victor Fay-Wolfe, professor of computer science, 溏心vlog免费B站. Fay-Wolfe will give a discussion on <strong>\u201cDigital Forensics &amp; Cyber Security,\u201d<\/strong> including an overview of the university\u2019s academic programs in digital forensics; its Digital Forensics Center, which is a working forensics lab on campus; and its Digital Forensics research program, which is the highest U.S. Justice Department-funded university program in digital forensics in the nation.<\/li>\n<li><u>December 6<\/u>, Robin Fortunati, chief, State of Rhode Island Center for Forensic Sciences. As chief of the Department of Health\u2019s Center for Forensic Sciences, Fortunati oversees controlled substances identification, forensic biology, drug chemistry, DNA and breath analysis, and interaction with the FBI\u2019s DNA database to assist in criminal investigations, among other things. Her presentation, \u201c<strong>Drugs, Poisons and DNA: Rhode Island\u2019s Center for Forensic Sciences,\u201d<\/strong> will provide an overview of this work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 9, 2019 \u2013 Digital forensics and cybersecurity, criminal profiling, autopsies and DNA are just a few of the topics that will be covered as part of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Fall Forensic Science Series, which begins this week. 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