Question

What do you think has caused the need for an increase in Forensic nurses in the US?

Answer 1

# Roles of a forensic nurse :-

Screening

Assessment and collection of evidence

Documentation and expert testimony from victims and perpetrators in hospitals, community clinics, or death scenes

Involvement in paternity disputes

Cases involving workplace injuries, malpractice, vehicle accidents, food or drug tampering, and medical equipment defects

# The causes for increased forensic nurses in US are :-

- increased crime

- antisocial behaviours and activities

- increased numbers of psychiatric patients

Some of the previous statistics is here :-

After a dip in the number of violent crimes* reported in 2006 and 2011, there was a 3.9 percent increase in the estimated number of violent crimes in 2015 over 2014.

There were an estimated 1,197,704 violent crimes committed nationwide. This is 372.6 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants

The estimated number of murders in 2015 was 15,696.

An estimated 90,185 rapes.

FBI UCR data also show that violent crime rates are higher in metropolitan areas and cities in nonmetropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan counties