The Master’s students in Criminology and Security Studies, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lagos State University (LASU), have successfully hosted the second edition of their ...

“Science on Saturday,” Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s popular four-part Saturday morning science lecture series starts Feb. 4. The lectures promise to also take a closer look at forensic science ...

You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

For the past decade, considerable discussion has been made on the extent to which cognitive bias can impact how decisions are made in forensics. Although cognitive bias can arise naturally for a ...

Five years ago, the National Academy of Sciences put out a report condemning the state of forensic science. It concluded that many common forensic techniques—the analysis of fingerprints, bite marks, ...

A serious criminal investigation without forensic science seems unthinkable. turkguy0319 FORENSICS AUSTRALIA – There has always been a role for forensic science in criminal investigations, but these ...

In 1996, four small pieces of fiber played a critical role in the investigation of the abduction and murder of 16-year-old Sofia Silva. After the evidence was processed in Virginia’s crime lab, the ...

From fingerprint dusting to DNA decoding, Forensic Science has long fascinated the public imagination. But beyond the drama of TV crime labs lies a demanding discipline that relies on rigorous ...

Movies and TV shows depict dazzling uses of forensic sciences in the courts, but reality itself falls far behind. Keith Allan Harward served 33 years in prison after being convicted of rape and murder ...