When a serious crime such as a murder occurs, the identity of the perpetrator may not be obvious. In whodunit scenarios, where it is unclear who is responsible for wrongdoing, forensic science often ...

Students in Santa Maria High School's forensic science classes recently gained hands-on experience with equipment utilized to identify, document, collect and preserve physical evidence at a crime ...

Step aside, Dirty Harry. These days, scientists are getting the bad guys and the glory. And thanks to television and two passionate Purdue teachers whose courses have captured students’ imaginations, ...

After a shooting, forensic scientists can tell, by the pattern of blood spots, where the shooter stood to fire the gun. Their analysis of a DNA sample can free an innocent man or solve a case that’s ...

Peter Neufeld is co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project. Updated March 30, 2015, 6:45 AM Ray Krone was convicted of murder in Phoenix, Ariz., and sentenced to death. The key evidence used ...

Claude Roux receives funding from the Australian Research Council including Linkage grants with the Australian Federal Police, the Victoria Police, the NSW Health Pathology and Rofin Australia Pty Ltd ...

Forensic psychology is a subset of applied psychology broadly defined as psychology pertaining to the legal system. Because the legal system and criminal motivation are both complex, forensic ...

Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They're often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in ...

Two reasons people are attracted to the field of forensic science are to help solve crimes and to see justice served. Forensic scientists collect evidence from crime scenes and analyze that evidence ...