Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From rape kits to drug samples to vials of blood, ...

You can see from the debris whether the engines were producing power at impact—turbines break apart differently when they’re ...

Advances in genetics, genomics and molecular biology are improving existing forensic approaches and providing new ones. The authors discuss improvements in DNA profiling, the growing field of ...

Environmental forensic microscopy investigations are based on the methods and procedures developed in the fields of criminal forensics, industrial hygiene and environmental monitoring. Using a ...

Additional cases of subpar lab work has been uncovered at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner — with questions now being ...

Forensic analysis of messaging apps is a complex and constantly evolving field. Android and iOS platforms present unique challenges to digital forensics experts, from data acquisition to ...

The use of forensic science in criminal trials is critically important. But reforms of the system are also desperately needed. It’s not enough to weed out the incompetent scientists.

Forensic analysis of semen introduced at trial had convinced the jury that Washington, whose mental abilities matched those of a 10-year-old, had brutally raped and murdered a young woman in 1982.

‘Forensic Architecture – Witnesses’, a wide-ranging exhibition highlighting the studio’s methods and approaches, is currently on show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, on the outskirts of ...