CSI Cell Phone
Mobile device forensics forecast: continued oscillation, chance of cloud computing.
The Truth About Deception
Forensic scientists, police detectives, and other authorities concerned with finding the truth have access to many behavioral identification techniques. The trouble is, these techniques aren’t used nearly enough.
Mycology: Missing Weapon In Forensic Arsenals?
If anyone bothered to look, crime-solving clues can often be found in fungi.
LABRADOR: New Alpha Dog in Human Remains Detection?
The newest advance in clandestine grave detection may come from a handheld device, not from the next generation of human remains detection dogs.
To Catch A Child Predator
New techniques are emerging to help forensic analysts build cases against Internet child pornographers.
Necro-Radiology: Postmortem CT Scans Are On The Rise
The efficacy of forensic postmortem computed tomography is no longer in dispute. What is still in question is whether radiologists proficient at interpreting clinical imaging of the living can be expected to be equally adept at rendering precise postmortem forensic findings without special training.
Is Forensic Science Going to the Dogs?
To some, canine forensics is still a bone of contention. The current lack of strict standards and training protocols is one controversy swirling around canine forensics.
The Virtual Autopsy: The Doctor Will Scan You Now
Advanced imaging tools such as MDCT are being used more and more in forensic medicine, sometimes beyond morgue walls.
Forensic Psychiatry: Policing the Intersection of Mental Health and the Law
One realm of forensics has nothing to do with crime scene evidence, but its intangible contributions are no less important to the flow of criminal and civil justice. Forensic psychiatry deals with matters of mental health. Its own health is robust.
Four Years To Day One: A Saga of Science and Inquest
How a small town murder investigation stimulated science on the forensic frontier.
