Forensic anthropologists face mental health risks due to chronic exposure to violent death. Vicarious trauma and burnout can ...

Every day, forensic examiners compare pieces of evidence (e.g., fingerprints, bullets) and decide whether they “match”—i.e., came from the same source (e.g., person, gun). These decisions hold obvious ...

Matt von Konrat, Head of Botanical Collections at the Field Museum in Chicago and corresponding author of the paper, ...

Nearly two years since two dams failed in Gladwin County, causing a 500-year flood, finally, some answers. A federal forensic engineering team released their final report on the cause and liability ...

A new study in the Journal of Forensic Sciences suggests the role medical examiners play in the criminal justice system is far more subjective than commonly thought. It also suggests their analysis ...

The largest-ever black-box study on the accuracy of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), a widely used forensic technique, has found concerning error rates and ...

In the 1997 film Gattaca, Vincent (Ethan Hawke) painstakingly brushes his hair, trims his nails, exfoliates his skin, and shaves his face — all to avoid shedding parts of his body carrying his DNA, ...

A new forensic science study sheds light on how the bones of infants and juveniles decay. The findings will help forensic scientists determine how long a young person’s remains were at a particular ...

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

A statue of an angel is seen in the Teutonic cemetery at the Vatican March 6, 2015. The Vatican plans to open two tombs in the cemetery July 11 at the request of the family of Emanuela Orlandi, who ...

Stefano Vanin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In forensic accounting, accountants and lawyers may be close partners; and in fact, attorneys are often the reason accountants enter the field of forensic accounting to begin with. All three ...