The abilities of DNA testing have grown to provide investigators greater insight from biological data. This guide aims to offer a simple summary of the contemporary technology landscape, and to ...

Damaged mobile phones are still filled with plenty of useful data, according to researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is part of the U.S. Department of ...

DNA Analysis Results Are Available Instantly Hollywood loves to show forensic labs producing DNA matches within minutes, but ...

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, ...

A new White House report has the Justice Department upset. Does it go too far in questioning the techniques behind a huge proportion of criminal convictions? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Forensics, the application of scientific methods and principles to enable decision making in criminal cases, has evolved beyond the crime scenes.

Forensic speaker recognition encompasses the application of acoustic analysis and statistical evaluation techniques to determine the identity of individuals from voice recordings. This field has ...

For centuries, some of Europe’s most shocking killings survived only as whispers in parchment and bone, their victims reduced to nameless skulls and half-told chronicles. Now, a new generation of ...

MINSK, 17 May (BelTA) - A delegation from Belarus’ State Committee of Forensic Examinations visited the Academy of Forensic Science of the Justice Ministry of China in Shanghai on 16 May to study ...

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 ...