The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded researchers at Virginia Tech a two-year, $854,907 grant to develop a quantitative approach to measuring and establishing a standard for "sufficiency ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Forensic experts are working to determine if the shotgun found in Jake Patterson's Gordon, Wisconsin, home was the one used to fatally shoot Jayme Closs' parents. The Bureau of ...

Collins Delivers Keynote Addresses to Nation's Leading Forensic Science Associations in Support of Groundbreaking New ...

Sirchie's new system for the examination, comparison, capture, annotation, and documentation of evidence: the new FOCOS2 - Dual Camera Forensic Optical Comparison/Examination System. The FOCOS2 system ...

Firearm evidence identification encompasses the processes by which forensic practitioners link bullets, cartridge cases and toolmarks to specific weapons. Traditional methods rely on microscopic ...

Ballistic analysis, handwriting examination and fingerprint comparison are forensic methods used for decades within the criminal legal system that have come under scrutiny in recent years. Defense ...