scholarly journals Investigating Humor Within a Context of Death and Tragedy: The Narratives of Contrasting Realities

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Vivona
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Crime Scene Investigators ◽  
Construct Meaning

Crime scene investigators (CSIs) are subjected to many complexities of working in a context of death, trauma and tragedy. They experience this context in a more intimate manner than any other member of the criminal justice community. Within these challenging work settings in which human lives have ended, humor can emerge as crime scene investigators attend to their tasks. The research question this study addressed is “How is humor used to negotiate work experiences and make meaning from working in a context that includes death, trauma and tragedy?” CSIs were interviewed and provided narratives from their lived experiences regarding humor during their challenging work. Humans often use storytelling to frame and construct meaning of their lived experiences. For the CSI, the telling and retelling of stories of laughter and stories of tears has several individual and organizational outcomes, including group socialization, negotiating the stresses of the work and meaning making.

Enacting lived experiences: Peer specialists with criminal justice histories.

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey L. Barrenger ◽  
Emily K. Hamovitch ◽  
Melissa R. Rothman
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Peer Specialists

scholarly journals Phase separation during blood spreading

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Houssine Benabdelhalim ◽  
David Brutin
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Blood Pool ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Crime Scene Investigators ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Pool Area

AbstractBlood pools can spread on several types of substrates depending on the surrounding environment and conditions. Understanding the influence of these parameters on the spreading of blood pools can provide crime scene investigators with useful information. The focus of the present study is on phase separation, that is, when the serum spreads outside the main blood pool. For this purpose, blood pools with constant initial masses on wooden floors that were either varnished or not were created at ambient temperatures of $$21~^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ 21 ∘ C , $$29~^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ 29 ∘ C , and $$37~^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ 37 ∘ C with a relative humidity varying from 20 to 90%. The range $$21~^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ 21 ∘ C to $$37~^{\circ }\hbox {C}$$ 37 ∘ C covers almost all worldwide indoor cases. The same whole blood from the same donor was used for all experiments. As a result, an increase in relative humidity was found to result in an increase in the final pool area. In addition, at the three different experimental temperatures, the serum spread outside the main pool at relative humidity levels above 50%. This phase separation is more significant on varnished substrates, and does not lead to any changes in the drying morphology. This phenomenon is explained by the competition between coagulation and evaporation.

scholarly journals Roma generációk értékválasztásai és az LMBTQ

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Dezső Máté
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Queer People

The aim of the study, to examine the mentioned Roma generations value similarities and identities, in parallel with the Roma LGBTQ movement. My research question is, which social values and norms are excluded from the first intellectual Roma generation’s focuses, and what were the main reasons of it. In my paper I using discourse analysis method, which are reflecting on the mentioned Roma generations own lived experiences and social values. Roma LGBTQ people facing not only with discrimination and xenophobia because of their ethnic origin, but also with homophobia and transphobia because of their gender and LGBTQ identities as, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer people.

scholarly journals Efficient DNA Sampling in Burglary Investigations

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Colin Charles Tièche ◽  
Markus Dubach ◽  
Martin Zieger
Keyword(s):  
Crime Scene ◽  
Forensic Dna ◽  
Dna Profile ◽  
Dna Database ◽  
Dna Sampling ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Crime Scene Investigators ◽  
Dna Collection ◽  
Private Homes ◽  
Reference Samples

In terms of crime scene investigations by means of forensic DNA-analyses, burglaries are the number one mass crime in Switzerland. Around one third of the DNA trace profiles registered in the Swiss DNA database are related to burglaries. However, during the collection of potential DNA traces within someone’s residence after a burglary, it is not known whether the sampled DNA originated from the perpetrator or from an inhabitant of said home. Because of the high incidence of burglaries, crime scene investigators usually do not collect reference samples from all the residents for economical and administrative reasons. Therefore, the presumably high probability that a DNA profile belonging to a person authorized to be at the crime scene ends up being sent to a DNA database for comparison, has to be taken into account. To our knowledge, no investigation has been made to evaluate the percentage of these non-perpetrator profiles straying into DNA databases. To shed light on this question, we collected reference samples from residents who had been victims of recent burglaries in their private homes. By comparing the profiles established from these reference samples with the profiles generated from trace DNA, we can show that the majority of the DNA samples collected in burglary investigations belong to the residents. Despite the limited number of cases included in the study, presumably due to a crime decline caused by the pandemic, we further show that trace DNA collection in the vicinity of the break and entry area, in particular window and door glasses, is most promising for sampling perpetrator instead of inhabitant DNA.

Exploring the relevancy of random and scheduled alcohol breathalyser testing in high-risk jobs within safety-sensitive work settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vusi Mthimkhulu ◽  
Hugo D. Van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Alcohol Intoxication ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Value Add ◽  
Viable Method

Orientation: Workplace testing is seen as a viable method in monitoring alcohol intoxication in the workplace. This article explored lived experiences of random and scheduled alcohol breathalyser testing to gain insights into meaning and understanding of the phenomenon under study.Research purpose: Random and scheduled testing are preferred techniques of assessing intoxication in the workplace. This article set to gain insights into whether behaviour can have an influence on the effectiveness of random and scheduled testing. The information can contribute to the ongoing debate on the efficacy of workplace testing and lays groundwork for future studies.Motivation for the study: Emergent data seem to suggest that the success of workplace testing in preventing alcohol and substance use in the workplace is indecisive.Research approach/design and method: A qualitative method was employed to collect data from eight alcohol-consuming individuals who performed jobs considered safety-sensitive through semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed through the application of an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).Main findings: Findings revealed incidents of alcohol intoxication within the workplace in spite of random and scheduled testing in place. There seems to be a disregard for rules that prohibit intoxication in the workplace. Money bribes seem to enable cheating on testing in the workplace. Behaviour undercuts the goal of an alcohol-free workplace.Practical implications: Behaviour stemming from on-site intoxication and cheating on alcohol tests hinders on the goal of attaining an alcohol-free workplace.Contribution/value-add: The analysis of behaviour could contribute to the ongoing debate regarding the efficacy of workplace testing.

Creativity in Action

2013 ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
David Calvey
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Professional Obligations ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
Collaborative Negotiations ◽  
The Uk

This chapter explores the concept of communities of practice (CoP), with reference to ethnographic data from a range of creative multi-media SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in Manchester in the UK. The central argument is that many of these communities are profoundly mediated by the interplay of competitive commercial imperatives with professional obligations and constructions of identity. Hence, the concept of community is a more fragmented and fractured one. Ultimately, CoP is a robust metaphor to analysis organisational life but more descriptive detail of situated lived practices and mundane realities of various work settings is called for. Ethnographic data is drawn on to demonstrate the participant’s accounts of their lived experiences, which include reflections on the process of creativity, collaborative negotiations with clients and organisational learning. Ethnomethodology, a form of sociological analysis, is then used to suggest alternative ways to analyse the situated nature of practice, learning and community.

PTSD Symptoms Experienced and Coping Tactics Used by Crime Scene Investigators in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1444-1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Rosansky ◽  
Jeffery Cook ◽  
Harold Rosenberg ◽  
Jon E. Sprague
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Crime Scene Investigators ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Coping Tactics

scholarly journals FTIR Hyperspectral Images of Microscopic Droplets of Splattered Blood

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott W. Huffman ◽  
Kara B. Lukasiewicz ◽  
Chris W. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Crime Scene ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Hyperspectral Images ◽  
Spectroscopic Methods ◽  
Considerable Time ◽  
Exact Time ◽  
Important Clue ◽  
Crime Scene Investigators ◽  
Forensic Investigations

During forensic Investigations, determining the time frame of a crime can be an extremely important clue for solving the case. The exact time at which a crime was committed can be especially difficult to determine when considerable time has elapsed. To improve the predictive capabilities of crime scene investigators, we have focused on using spectroscopic methods to Investigate the aging of bloodstains.

scholarly journals A Discursive Sensemaking Perspective on Project-Based Work in Public Healthcare

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-672
Author(s):  
Nina Lunkka ◽  
Ville Pietiläinen ◽  
Marjo Suhonen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Project Participants

This study investigates project participants’ sensemaking of lived work experiences during periods of organizational change within Finnish public healthcare. It introduces a discursive sensemaking perspective to investigate lived experiences, that is, reflexive practitioners’ situational thinking. Drawing upon 17 interviews, the study identifies diverse repertoires through which the lived experiences are considered meaningful. These are repertoires of: (1) transformation, (2) realism, (3) politics, (4) individuality, (5) reflexivity, and (6) senselessness. The results show that project-based work in public healthcare differs from project participants’ expectations because projects are perceived to increase rather than decrease bureaucracy and include unsustainable working conditions that have to be endured.

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