The Hard Truth

Episode 16: Roe v. Wade, implications and beyond.

Brent Turvey and Melanie Dawn (forensic investigators) talk about sexual harassment and texting.  - Dimensions of the problem - Profiles of victims and aggressors - Culture   https://www.forensic-institute.com/

Brent Turvey and Melanie Dawn discuss the relationship between structural violence and the investigation of hate crimes and the exploitation of vulnerable groups.

Femicide and the new HBO Documentary Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall 

Brent Turvey and Melanie Dawn will discuss the phenomenon of false allegations, investigative red flags, and the importance of consistent investigative protocols.

Brent Turvey and Melanie Inglis will discuss rape culture, sex trafficking and necropolitics

Brent Turvey and Melanie Dawn will discuss the ethical issues most encountered by bench criminalists and their supervisors.

Brent Turvey and Melanie Inglis will discuss the importance of competent crime scene processing efforts and the contribute to the reconstruction of crime.

Brent Turvey and Melanie Dawn will discuss the role of physical evidence and crime reconstruction in identifying red flags for crime scene staging.

Brent and Melanie will discuss the responsibilities of medical examiners and death scene investigators as detailed in national and international protocols.

Brent Turvey and Melanie Inglis will discuss the investigative and forensic issues in serial rape investigation and related expert testimony with a gender perspective.

Join us as Brent Turvey and Melanie Dawson discuss conflicting roles of law enforcement and the forensic sciences as they myth investigate crime and prosecute the accused at trial.

We will talk about our experience with police misconduct related with forensic investigations.

This week, on The Hard Truth, we will be discussing hate crimes. Most people understand that these cases involve civil rights violations.  However, they are also criminal violations — motivated by hostility, intolerance, or other prejudice towards a victim’s race, religion creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability. We will talk about the law, the evidence, and what happens when false reporting is suspected. Nothing is of limits

In this episode we will talk about the CSI effect and its implications on the scientific community and the perception of the general population. We will also talk about the crisis that exists in crime lab and discuss the repercussions and detrimental for forensic science.

Brent Turvey and Melanie Inglis discuss the impact of integrated forensic assessments on their casework, with an emphasis on human rights and vulnerable populations.