Category: Articles, Crime Investigation, Entertainment, Law Enforcement & Corrections, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Security What Do Active Shooter Threats Mean for the Standard/Duty of Care? TASA ID: 8635 After the tragic Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that claimed 11 lives, the faith-based community and other gathering places have found themselves left with an almost unfathomable, but inevitably relevant question: “what if a shooting happens here next?” Read more
Category: Articles, Human Resources, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Handling Incoming Verification TASA ID: 12689 This article was originally published in PI Magazine, pimagazine.com.A function rarely offered by PI firms is assisting their corporate clients to handle incoming verification requests for current and previous employees.This function is almost always performed by internal HR or management personnel. Notwithstanding, it's extremely important that investigative firms strongly consider offering and/or partnering with firms that offer this specialized service. In these lean financial times, outsourcing of incoming verifications to capable entities that can effectively do the job is one option worth looking into. Read more
Category: Articles, Law Enforcement & Corrections, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Security Digital Evidence Management 3 Considerations TASA ID: 8635 With the world around us becoming increasingly digitized and video surveillance becoming more prevalent, legal professionals have become faced with a growing level of digital evidence culled from the security and law enforcement communities; in fact, some would suggest that effective investigations, loss control, liability reduction and safety enforcement now hinges on such evidence to remain effective. Read more
Category: Articles, Medical & Healthcare, Psychology/Psychiatry, Resources for Attorneys, Working With Experts Benefits of Knowing Your Defendant's IQ TASA ID: Did you know that knowing the IQ score of the defendant you are representing can actually be of great benefit? When arguing that IQ is a significant cause of crime, researchers cite studies to indicate that criminal populations usually have an average IQ of approximately 92 which is eight points below the mean. The relationship between IQ and criminality is particularly distinct within a small portion of the population, primarily younger men, who are responsible for committing a disproportionate amount of crime while higher intelligence acts as protection against lapsing into criminal activity for people who are otherwise at risk. Read more
Category: Articles, Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Toxicology, Working With Experts 11 YEARS LATER: THE WORSENING OPIOID EPIDEMIC TASA ID: 13340 Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) is currently providing input to the U.S. Dept. of HHS to preserve the 2016 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline which is under some threat from the influence of the opioid pharmaceutical industry and some members of the pain community. This could also have positive implications for future legal cases for victims of opioid over-prescribing, especially in regard to the continued profit-driven malfeasance of these two sectors which have been largely responsible for the creation of the opioid epidemic. Will have more to say about this over the next few months. Read more
