Many of the "forensic science" methods commonly used in criminal cases and portrayed in popular television crime dramas have never been scientifically validated and may lead to unjust verdicts, ...

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Trial judges should be more skeptical of forensic methods that don’t pass scientific muster, a panel of legal experts told judges at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference on Tuesday. SAN FRANCISCO (CN ...

HUNTSVILLE (2/4/16) - Sam Houston State University (SHSU) was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to develop and test the best possible sample preparation methods for skeletal ...

A digital forensics expert prepares to extract data from a mobile phone. (R. Press/NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published Digital Investigation Techniques: A ...

ASU's forensics program is seeing steady growth as the program opens up its evidence locker on the Glendale campus to us for an inside look. Assistant Professor Jacob Harris says the explosion of ...

Whether it’s for solving a crime or preventing one, high energy particles can be used to help uncover forensic evidence that other methods alone may miss or aren’t able to detect. While these ...

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For decades, investigators have treated fired bullets and casings as nearly hopeless surfaces for fingerprints, assuming the blast of heat and pressure wiped away the most telling traces of who pulled ...

After a brush with burglars, an Australian scientist has developed a new technique to 'dust' for fingerprints, creating a solution that makes fingerprints glow under blacklight. Claire Reilly was a ...