RFID In Forensics: What is it and what will it do?
By Randy Nagy, Andrew Singer, Gordon Fraser
Integrated RFID solutions can provide all the software and hardware needed to develop and keep an electronic chain-of-custody from the crime scene through the courtroom.
Crime Scene Kits
By Dick Warrington
In this article, I’ll give you an overview of the basic crime scene equipment that every scene officer should have available for every investigation, and then I’ll point out some items you may want to consider for special situations.
High Definition Laser Scanning Takes Forensic Geosciences to a New Level
By Jacob Dabrowski
Using High Definition Laser Scanning, an entire crime scene can be thoroughly documented making it possible to revisit the scene as the evidence is analyzed.
LABRADOR: New Alpha Dog in Human Remains Detection?
By Douglas Page
The newest advance in clandestine grave detection may come from a handheld device, not from the next generation of human remains detection dogs.
A Primer on 3D Scanning in Forensics: Part 2
By Eugene Liscio
3D scanning for forensics is an ever growing and useful application of laser based measurement technologies in fighting crimes and reconstructing events. Like all forensic tools, however, 3D scanning has its strengths and its limitations.
A Primer on 3D Scanning in Forensics: Part 1
By Eugene Liscio
As 3D scanners become more common for capturing and preserving evidence, police, forensic technicians, and others involved in the field need to be aware of the applications, benefits, and limitations of this technology and how it can be used in the analysis of evidence and crime scenes.
Preparation and Crime Scene Processing
By Dick Warrington
Some of your most important prep work for a crime scene should occur before you ever leave your office. Remember to keep your crime scene vehicle fully stocked with the equipment and supplies that you’re likely to need no matter the type of crime scene.
Biometrics: Eye on the Future
By Rebecca Waters
Biometrics technology has matured, offering some exciting new forensic products—and promising revolutionary innovations in the near future.
Crime Scene Safety
By Dick Warrington
When a call comes in, a crime scene officer must be ready to respond, no matter the situation. Depending on the situation, you'll need to protect your head, eyes, lungs, hands, feet, and occasionally your entire body.
Crime Scene Equipment
By Dick Warrington
For an officer first starting out in this field, the work can seem overwhelming. One of the most important things you can do is determine the equipment that is essential to your job.
Mobile Crime Scene Vehicles
By Dick Warrington
Investigators now realize that with the right vehicle, they can often make an even stronger case by processing evidence right at major crime scenes. In this article, I’ll look at these issues and some of the options available for mobile crime scene vehicles.
Gadgets
By Dick Warrington
As I travel around the country to lecture and teach at conferences and seminars, I always hear the same comment from crime scene investigators: the “CSI Effect” has profoundly affected the way they perform their job. Juries everywhere expect a high level of professionalism.
CSI Cameras of Today
By Caroleann Fusco
With rapid development in the technology field, it’s difficult for a forensic photographer to choose the right camera and equipment. I receive calls daily from forensic photographers in many fields wanting to know which camera can do it all.
With rapid development in the technology field, it’s difficult for a forensic photographer to choose the right camera and equipment.
Protecting Your Crime Scene
By Dick Warrington
As crime scene officers we have the responsibility of protecting the crime scene and its integrity, and protecting the dignity of the victim. In this article, I’ll discuss problems you need to watch out for and products you can use to help protect your crime scene.
Laser Technology: Revolutionizing CSI Work
By Christopher J. Guffey
A CSI professional describes how the latest portable lasers allow even non-experts to find more evidence in less time and generate higher quality data including trace and latent prints, compared to any other technology.
Thirty Years of Change
By Dick Warrington
Have you ever seen a bag phone? That was the early cell phone. And that’s just one example of how technology has changed in the last thirty years.
New Lasers Speed Evidence Recovery
By Andrew Masters
A new generation of portable lasers speeds trace evidence recovery at crime scenes.
Adverse Conditions
By Dick Warrington
As a crime scene officer, your first task is to secure and protect the scene. But when you’re faced with adverse weather conditions, barrier tape alone won’t be enough.
Scents and Sense-Ability
By Phillip Jones
Europeans have used scent-discriminating dogs to aid criminal investigations for over a century. Reputed to have a sense of smell 1,000 to 10,000 times more superior than that of humans, a dog’s nose does offer a sensitive forensic instrument.
New LEDs Enable Innovations in Forensic Alternative Light Sources
By Daniel McGraw, Ph.D.
Fluorescence - What is it? Most of us could say of Fluorescence as we do for Art: “I can’t define it but I know it when I see it.”
