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Avoir un corps de femme – corporéité et espace dans le roman au féminin marocain : le cas de Leïla Slimani
Full text linkLa question du corps se pose dans tous les écrits de l’écriture féminine marocaine et demande une analyse particulière des frontières qui séparent l’espace masculin (espace public) de l’espace féminin (espace domestique). En s’appuyant sur l’œuvre de Leïla Slimani et la notion du harem invisible de Fatima Mernissi, cet article vise à interroger l’importance esthétique de l’espace au sein du roman au féminin et le lien intime entre les lois qui régissent la division spatiale des sexes et l’image patriarcale du corps féminin. Traditionnellement représenté dans l’imaginaire social comme un objet à posséder, le corps de la femme a longtemps été confiné à l’espace domestique tandis que la sexualité féminine a constitué la base de l’honneur familial. Slimani, comme ses consœurs, politise et remet en cause une telle image de la femme à travers des personnages féminins qui luttent pour se faire une place en dehors de la maison et de leurs rôles domestiques. Ainsi, les écrivaines marocaines contribuent à la création d’une nouvelle image de la femme qui ose dépasser les limites patriarcales imposées au corps féminin
Products of Heteronormativity
Full text linkThis essay examines and analyzes the core axioms presented in Lauren Berlant and Michale Warners essay “Sex in Public”, further correlating notions of heteronormativity and dominant frames to issues that have become normalized and have ultimately perpetuated the otherness of queerness in society (the process of coming out as it emphasizes the otherness of LGBTQIA+ people)
Growth Faltering in the Very Young: Implications for Forensic Nurses
Full text linkGrowth faltering (GF), also known as failure-to-thrive (FTT), is a serious health threat in both adults and children that forensic nurses (FNs) may encounter. Children who fail to grow optimally often miss critical developmental milestones due to insufficient nutrition, which is essential for normal child development. GF and FTT are symptoms, not final diagnoses. Therefore, FNs should use critical thinking and assessment skills to identify the underlying causes. This article provides insights into the FNs approach to evaluating a child with GF. It emphasizes the importance of gathering a detailed psychosocial history, assessing growth trends, and considering multidisciplinary referrals when necessary. The aim is to equip FNs with the best practices to address GF, particularly when they are involved as experts in court cases or in situations reported to Child Protective Services (CPS).
The Comfort of Madness: How Society\u27s Need to Pathologize Violence Undermines Justice and Stigmatizes Mental Illness
Full text linkThis conceptual analysis examines society\u27s reflexive attribution of violent crime to mental illness, a phenomenon that profoundly shapes forensic nursing practice. Through composite case studies, the paper explores how psychological defense mechanisms, media dynamics, and diagnostic politics converge to create false narratives about the relationship between mental illness and violence. The analysis reveals that society\u27s rush to pathologize criminal behavior serves multiple defensive functions: protecting just-world beliefs, maintaining psychological distance from human capacity for harm, and avoiding uncomfortable questions about systemic issues. The misapplication of trauma research, diagnostic hierarchies favoring "sympathetic" conditions, and the neuroscience mystique further distort forensic assessment. Evidence consistently demonstrates that individuals with serious mental illness are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence, and that personality pathology, substance use, and ordinary human motivations are more common drivers of criminal behavior than psychiatric illness. For forensic nurses operating at the intersection of healthcare, law enforcement, and public sentiment, these societal patterns create unique challenges in maintaining diagnostic integrity while facing pressure from attorneys, families, media, and institutional stakeholders. The paper provides frameworks for forensic nurses to navigate these pressures through "diagnostic courage"—the willingness to deliver accurate assessments despite conflicting preferred narratives. By understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying society\u27s pathological need to pathologize, forensic nurses can better advocate for accurate understanding of both violence and mental illness, ultimately serving justice while protecting the dignity of those with genuine psychiatric conditions
Comparison of Areas in the Mouth to Recover DNA Introduced Through Kissing
Full text linkSexual assault is a significant crime defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report as “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim” (FBI, 2017).
From January, 2019 to December, 2024, there were 537,446 reported rape victims in the United States (FBI, 2024). Oral-genital contact occurred between 18 and 25 percent of sexual assault cases (Marlia, 2011) (Sibille, 2002).
Contact may lead to foreign (male) DNA being deposited in the female mouth associating a perpetrator and victim. Recognizing that DNA does not survive indefinitely on human tissue, limits the time available to recover DNA for identification of the suspect from the victim.
Following a sexual assault many victims report to a healthcare facility for a comprehensive medical evaluation including evidence collection. Obtaining DNA evidence during this exam helps establish suspected sexual contact with the victim (Forrest, 2022).
Case prosecution with analyzed forensic evidence (including DNA) is known to increase conviction rates, but unless there is a scientific basis for the evidence to be admitted in Court under the Daubert Rule, evidence that links a perpetrator to a victim may be excluded.
Currently no scientifically based protocol exists for effective collection of suspect DNA from around and in the oral cavity of a victim. The purpose of this study is to provide empirically-based evidence to determine sensitive and probable areas to swab within the oral cavity. 
Change in Editorial Team
Full text linkThe journal editorial board has some interim changes while the Editor-in-Chief (Dr. Cathy Carter-Snell) serves as President. These are summarized for members
Leading the Future of Forensic Nursing: FNCB Unveils New Executive Committee 2025
Full text linkAn update to the FNCB executive is announced
The good guest : Reconceptualising creative writing with women in prison as an alternative way of knowing through relational ethics as epistemic justice
No full textPrison research is a fraught endeavour. More so when this research involves the use of “oft-maligned” creative research methods such as women’s prison writing viewed as knowledge situated in lived experience. Stories reflect the prevalent hegemonic patterns found in cultural, economic and political contexts in any given society. They compete for acceptance and dominance. In this paper, I critically reflect on prison research, and the dual challenge presented to engage with the traditions that have shaped the persistence of cultural sanctioning of certain forms of knowledge over others. This challenge pivots on critical engagement with creative and academic writing, whilst at the same time having to write within the system that is part of the tradition. It necessitates wider engagement with the ethicality of prison research, moving beyond external procedural ethical validation to consider the researcher’s ethical standpoint in working towards relational ethics and epistemic justice for women’s prison writing as alternative ways of knowing