INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY

The Decade of Action on Road Safety and Injuries Prevention: The Media Challenge in the 21st Century

Rakesh K Gorea — 2024-01-20

Deaths and serious injuries are the challenges of the future due to the increasing load of vehicles on the road. Advertising and media campaigns for road safety are commonly employed by various agencies and governments. Effective planning to use these tools is needed to reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality due to the use of the roads. In the 21st century, with the expansion of roads and the increase in the number of vehicles, the threat of road crashes is also increasing. Different media are used to advertise and run campaigns for road safety. There is a strong need to understand the challenges to the media and effectively address these challenges to avoid serious injuries and deaths on the roads.

The Knowledge, Practice, and Perception Regarding Corporal Punishment Among Teachers in Jaffna Educational Zone, Sri Lanka

U Mayorathan — 2024-01-20

Objectives: Corporal punishment (CP), despite being considered an act punishable by law, is still practiced in homes and schools in Sri Lanka.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional institute-based study aimed to assess the knowledge, perception, and practice regarding CP among teachers in the Jaffna educational zone in Sri Lanka.
Results: The study involved 212 participants, out of which 160 (75.5%) were female. About 155 (73%) of the participants belonged to the age group of 31 to 50 years. About 114 (54.2%) participants had received training in disciplining students. About 7.5% had good knowledge, 33% had average knowledge, 24% had poor knowledge, and 35.4% had very poor knowledge regarding CP. In 28% (n = 59) were involved in CP. 58% (n = 123) had a negative perception of CP. The study found no significant correlation between socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status, race, and religion and knowledge about CP.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the knowledge and practices on CP among this study population can further be improved. Larger-scale studies including participants of wider ethnic and geographical span would yield more data which might suggest the need for further inculcating knowledge on CP among teachers in Sri Lanka

Pattern of Limb Injuries in Road Traffic Accident in Medico-Legal Autopsy Cases Brought to Mortuary of FMT Dept, RIMS, Imphal

A. Haricharan — 2024-01-20

The injuries caused by road traffic accidents (RTAs) become a major public health problem worldwide and a major cause of morbidity and mortality with temporary or permanent disability. This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the pattern of limb injuries in road traffic accidents in medico-legal autopsy cases brought to the mortuary of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of a Tertiary Care Teaching Institute in Imphal. The estimated sample size is around 210. Only male cases brought for autopsy were analyzed. All the cases of road traffic accidents with limb injuries with or without injury to other parts of the body and only upper or lower limb injuries were included in our study. Data entry was done using a Windows-based statistical package for social sciences [SPSS] version 21.0 (Armonk NY: IBM Corp). To establish an association between the categorical variables with the type of injuries, the C2-test is applied, and interpretation is made accordingly. All comparisons are two-sided and the p-values of < 0.05, < 0.01, and < 0.001 are taken as the cut-off values for significance, high significance, and very high significance, respectively. From our study, the highest number of victims were observed among the age of 31 to 40 years which accounted for 27.6%; and the lowest number of victims of about 1% was observed among the age group of 0 to 10 years. The maximum number of victims were due to two-wheeler accidents which accounted for 52.4% of which 76 (69.09%) fatalities were riders. A maximum of fatalities was due to injuries to vital organs associated with shock and hemorrhages which accounts for 92.85% of cases and 7.14% of fatalities were due to injuries to the limb associated with shock and hemorrhages. The relationship of the cause of death with the type of injuries, it was observed that the cause of death has a very highly significant association with the type of injuries as evidenced by p < 0.001. Road traffic accidents are preventable. Strict traffic laws and penalties have to be imposed to curb this ever-growing menace. The result of this study enables a healthcare provider to predict fracture and site of injury. Strict enforcement of road safety regulations and improving emergency medical services may prevent untimely deaths and disabilities caused by RTAs. Awareness campaigns concerning safety rules can be targeted at high-risk groups with an emphasis on the improvement of the roads.

Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Faculty on Integrating Forensic Nursing into the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum in Selected Nursing Colleges, Durgapur, WB: A Descriptive Study

Tintu A. Mathew — 2024-01-20

The advancement of forensic nursing in the last decade has developed a new and better image of the nursing profession and provided services to living and dead people. This discipline provides a new perspective on the approach of holistic care for patients at hospitals or community centers involved in legal issues. Today, applying legal sciences in nursing has formed wider roles in clinical research related to crime and legal processes to promote public health and safety. This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing Faculty on Integrating Forensic Nursing into the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum A descriptive research design was used with a convenience sample of 100 nursing faculties from various Nursing Colleges in Durgapur. Among the 100 nursing faculties included in this study, the majority (65%) had a moderate level of knowledge, 18% had adequate knowledge and 17% had inadequate knowledge about integrating forensic nursing into the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Attitudes of nursing faculty towards integrating forensic nursing into the nursing curriculum depict that 94% of participants are neutral and 6% have negative attitudes but none of them have positive attitudes. The education background as well as service background were associated (p < 0.05) with the level of knowledge of nursing faculty. The study reveals that the integration of forensic nursing into to nursing curriculum can be well implemented for the betterment of the nursing curriculum as a subspecialty which can provide a wider scope in the nursing profession.

Probability of Gender Identification through Handwriting Analysis

Amritha Ajith — 2024-01-20

Handwriting is a unique identity of every individual which can neither be copied nor be recreated. Examination of handwriting has always been of great utility in forensic science not only as a source of physical evidence in criminal investigation but as a tool for personal identification. An attempt was made to examine and analyze certain handwriting characteristics such as pen pressure, slant of words, size of letters, completeness of letters, spacing between lines and placement of diacritics to determine the gender of the individual. About 70 samples, 35 each male and female with their consent, were collected from the students of various departments in a survey conducted at Annai Fathima College of Arts and Science, Thirumangalam. The participants were asked to fill out a survey paper using a DOMS GL 0.6 pen. The samples were analyzed and compared properly in consideration of the characteristics. From this study, it was concluded that the determination of gender from handwriting characteristics like pen pressure, slant of words, completeness of letters and placement of diacritics is possible as they show a great difference in their percentage of similarity in male and female individuals whereas the size of letters shows a slight difference in their percentage and hence cannot be used as a parameter for gender determination.

The Vital Role of Forensic Nurses in Caring for Abused Children

S U Santhosh — 2024-01-20

Child abuse is a pervasive and deeply troubling issue that affects millions of children worldwide. To protect the well-being of young individuals and ensure their safety, forensic nurses, trained in forensic science and healthcare, play a crucial role in caring for abused children through a multidisciplinary approach, as they are uniquely equipped to provide specialized care, collect valuable evidence, and advocate for the rights of abused children. Forensic nurses work collaboratively with a range of professionals involved in child abuse cases, including law enforcement, child protective services, pediatricians, and attorneys. They are also indispensable members of multidisciplinary teams working to protect children from abuse, and their contributions have a profound impact on the lives of these vulnerable individuals.

Introduction of a Pilot Study

Anupama K — 2024-01-20

A pilot study investigates whether something is feasible, whether it should be followed by the researchers, and if so, how Pilot research, however, also has a unique design element; it is carried out on a smaller scale than the primary or full-size investigation. In other words, the pilot study is crucial for enhancing the effectiveness and quality of the main study. Additionally, it is carried out to examine the randomization and blinding process, evaluate recruitment potentials, increase researcher experience with the study methods or medications and interventions, and provide estimates for sample size calculation. The misconceptions and the ethical implications of a pilot study are the main topics of this paper. This review also introduces how to interpret the findings of a pilot research

Mobile Forensics: A Valuable Instrument or a Challenge in Forensic Industry

Dipti Shukla — 2024-01-20

Mobile forensics is the science of recovering digital evidence from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions using accepted methods. Mobile device forensics is a subfield of forensic science called "digital forensics" is dedicated to the retrieval and examination of unprocessed data found on electronic or digital devices. The procedure aims to retrieve and extract any data from a digital device without changing the data that is already on the device. Digital forensics expanded throughout time in tandem with the swift expansion of computers and other digital devices. Depending on the kind of digital device involved, there are several subfields of digital forensics, including computer, network, mobile, and so on. The study of recovering data from a mobile phone in a way that complies with forensic standards is known as mobile phone forensics. This covers the whole process of retrieving and analyzing data from the SIM/USIM, the phone body, and any optional memory cards. Call timings, contact numbers, text or SMS messages, photos, videos, and other types of data may all be recovered and analyzed.

Letter to Editor

Kirandeep Dhaliwal — 2024-01-20

Nurses participate in the implementation of a wide range of medical procedures and are actively involved in providing nursing care in all areas of medicine. Under the consideration of good medical procedures related to resolving certain court cases, the nurse of this profile should be familiar with criminal law regulations, particularly criminal law, crime and forensics