SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICS

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICS

• MILIEU OF CRIME AND VICTIMOLOGY
• Presented by
• Dr. Shari Julian PhD, MS, M.Ed
• UNIVERSITY of TEXAS at ARLINGTON
• Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Introduction
A NEW PARADIGM 360 degree vs. linear
analysis Utilizing Social Science Liberal Arts
perspectives data to craft an integrated
circular analysis of crime and criminal behavior
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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSParadigm
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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLearning Objectives

• To Develop an understanding of 360 Case Analysis
  Utilizing Social Science Forensics Approach
• 1. Develop a spectrum of social science
  case lenses through which to view data
• 2. To guide the case data through a variety
  of disciplines to offer different perspectives
  and to yield new paradigms and proofs
• 3. To recognize that new crimes and new
  realities mandate new paradigms
• 4. To develop new teaching modalities and
  perspectives
• 5. To develop an understanding of the
  utility of a psychological autopsy
• 6. Recognize the import contributions of
  an expanded predictive data base

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICS

• Every Crime is a Gestalt

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• There must be logical congruency between the
  social science data and the physical findings

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS ONE

• PSYCHOLOGY
• Motive Motivation
• Patterns Analysis
• Mental State and/or Diagnosis
• Addictive Patterns
• Psychosocial History
• Psychological Autopsy
• Court Assessments, Testing, Reports, MNaughton
• Research, experts and data base

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS TWO

• SOCIOLOGY
• Sociological History Analysis
• Group Affiliations and Ethos
• Scarifications and Body Modifications
• Hierarchy and Entitlement
• Imperatives (fixed rules)
• Familial issues
• Norms
• Research, experts and data bases

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS THREE

• Language Rhetoric
• Voice (Active Passive)
• Meta language
• Statement Analysis (including suicide notes)
• Evaluation of evidence (taped written)
• Ethnic language dialect
• Semiotics
• Visuals Analysis
• Research, data and experts

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS FOUR

• Anthropology
• Cultural Social
• Mores Folk Characteristics
• Physical Anthropology
• Osteology
• Grave Evidence
• Clinical Anthropology
• Clinical Applications of Anthropological
  Principles
• Research, experts and data

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS FIVE

• SEXUAL GENDER ISSUES
• SEXUAL GENDER IDENTITY
• SEXUAL BEHAVIORS (NORMATIVE NON-NORMATIVE)
• FETISHES
• ISSUES OF GENDER ATTRACTION EXPRESSION
• SEXUAL FANTASY
• CRIMINAL SEXUAL AROUSAL ACTING OUT
• TREATMENT HISTORY
• DUAL DIAGNOSIS ISSUES
• PATTERNS
• RESEARCH,DATA, AND EXPERTS
• PROGNOSIS, LIKELY OUTCOMES, TREATMENTS

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS SIXVictim and
Victimology

• Single Incident Victims
• Victims of Similar Causality
• Mass Casualty Mass Victims
• Victims of multiple crimes
• Victims Groups
• Victim Identification Investigation Modalities
• Mass Victimology Needs
• Mass Victim Clinical Issues
• Mass Victim Forensic Problems
• Training Accreditation for first responders
• First Responders Interventions
• Long Term- Professional Team Approach

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS SEVENArtifacts

• ARTIFACTS EVALUATION
• Artifacts of crimescene
• Artifacts Taken
• Arrangement of Artifacts
• Tools of Crime
• Evidentiary Analysis

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS EIGHT

• CRIMINOLOGY CRIME SCIENCE
• Crime scene evaluation
• Crime scene analysis
• Crime scene establishment protocols
• Crime scene patterns
• Criminal behavior evaluations
• Victim Assessment Evaluation of interface between
  crime/victim/actor
• Research Science Support

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS NINE

• ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL DATA OTHER THAN
• FORENSIC MEDICAL FINDINGS
• Actor and Victim- Capable to physically perform
  action
• Crime-scene Physical Aspects- Dimensions, Light,
  Time, Sound effects
• Scene condition
• Physical garb of actor/victim
• How crime scene used
• Incongruencies
• Peculiarities and patterns

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS TEN

• FORENSIC EVIDENTIARY FINDINGS
• AND ANALYSIS
• Autopsy findings
• DNA
• Fingerprint
• Odontology
• Other forensic assessments such as ballistics,
  etc
• Forensic social scientist must understand
  the interface between physical findings and
  social science evidence, build a gestalt, look
  for inconsistencies and patterns, assess which
  further experts are needed

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS ELEVEN

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• Behavioral
  and Human Systems
• Policies, Procedures and Compliance
  (organizational)
• Policy Protocols
• Structural and Systems Theories
• Family Dynamics
• Social Studies such as Home Assessments and
  Custodial and Placement Evaluations
• Research, Data, and Experts

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS TWELVE

• RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL LENS
• ASPECTS AFFECT MANNER OF DEATH
• FIXATIONS OR CULT ISSUES FOR ACTOR OR VICTIM
• KNOW RESEARCH, DATA AND EXPERTS

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICSLENS THIRTEEN

• FORENSIC EXPERTISE SPECIALIST
• COORDINATE EXPERT INPUTS CREATE A GESTALT
• WORK WITH THE LEGAL AND CRIMINAL SYSTEMS
• PREPARE REPORTS
• DEVELOP COURT EXPERTISE
• UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF EVIDENCE AND DATA
• BUILD A TEAM SYSTEM
• DEVELOP PROFILING, PATTERNS AND ANALYSIS IN AREA
  OF EXPERTISE
• BE PROFICIENT IN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
  RESEARCH

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• BUILD A TEAM APPROACH
• DESIGN AN INTEGRATED MEDICAL, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND
  CLINICAL CURRICULUM
• TEACH INTERGRATIVE EXPERTS

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SOCIAL SCIENCE FORENSICS

• UNIVERSITY of TEXAS at ARLINGTON
• Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Shari Julian PhD, MS, M.Ed
• LPC,LMFT,LCDC
• Diplomate and Fellow Forensic Expertise
• Diplomate and Fellow Forensic Medicine
• American College of Forensic Examiners-Internation
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• sjulian_at_uta.edu
  817-267-1510