Crime-solving forensic scientist ‘humbled’ by damehood - Professor Lorna Dawson is head of the Centre for Forensic Soil ...

Television crime dramas like “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and its many spin-offs have fostered the popular belief that forensic science, or the use of science to solve crimes, is infallible. Yet, ...

This past summer, the National Museum of American History, in Washington, D.C., hosted an exhibit entitled “Forensic Science ...

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

Forensic science has become a mainstay of many a TV drama, and it’s just as important in real-life criminal trials. Drawing on biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine and psychology, forensic evidence ...

Late last year, Michigan’s criminal justice system reached a sad milestone: According to the National Registry of Exonerations, more than 100 men and women have been exonerated in the state since 1989 ...

In 1994, Kevin Keith was sentenced to death in Ohio for a triple homicide, as recounted in Kim Kardashian’s new podcast The System. Keith was scheduled to be executed in September 2010, but just ...

The initiative supports Uzbekistan’s ongoing efforts to modernize its criminal justice system through the operationalization ...

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Paul Roberts was received a Nuffield Open Door grant as co-principal investigator (with Professor Colin Aitken, Edinburgh) to study probability and statistical evidence in the administration of ...

Forensic science has long been a standard tool in criminal investigations. However, much of the forensic evidence presented in court lacks actual science that demonstrates its reliability, a legal ...

There are plenty of reasons for forensic misconduct. But there is also the reality that many crime labs lack proper oversight. Annie Dookhan, (center), pictured with her family in a Boston courtroom ...