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Tara Luther
Reflections on Three Decades of Forensic Science: An Interview with Bill Linton
Jun 19 2019
DNA typing was in its infancy. Random Fragment Length Polymorphism represented the state of the art in forensic science and the world wide web was years in the future when the...
Why so Many Rape Investigations are Dropped Before a Suspect is Charged
Jun 17 2019
Ching-Yu Huang, Bournemouth University and Fay Sweeting, Bournemouth University Even after 15 years serving as a police officer, Fay still vividly remembers the ...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jun 14 2019
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Using DNA at the Border: Untangling Misconceptions
Jun 13 2019
As the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy unfolded in Spring-Summer 2018, so too did a barrage of stories around migrant children being separated...
Trivia at ISHI 30
Jun 11 2019
Did you know that the date gardens just outside of Palm Springs produce 80%+ of the nation’s supply? Or that the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway uses the world’s largest rotat...
This Week in Forensic Science
Jun 07 2019
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Painstaking Veterinary Forensics Work Helps Combat Animal Abuse
Jun 04 2019
Written by: Kendra Coulter, Brock University Many people have seen dramatizations of forensics on shows likes Bones and CSI. Forensics is the application of scientific ...
Forensic Scientist of Note: Robin Cotton
Jun 04 2019
It was Alec Jeffrey’s paper on RFLP analysis that proved the catalyst for Robin Cotton to alter her career path from research on the Y chromosome to the applied science of D...
Clearing the Sexual Assault Backlog in Murdertown, USA
May 30 2019
Clearing the sexual assault backlog in the US has become a top priority over the past couple of years, because each rape kit that sits on a shelf untested represents a victim ...