Level 1 is the highest designation attainable and demonstrates that McLeod Regional Medical Center provides the most up-to-date evidence-based, trauma-informed and patient-centered forensic nursing practices for adult, adolescent and pediatric patients 24/7/365. read more

Even as automated and new techniques have shortened the processing time for DNA samples from months to days, laboratories are struggling to keep pace with the vastly increased demand. read more

The rapid development of new information and communication technologies, and their inevitable integration into our critical infrastructure, brings with it the possibility of digital attacks and other new challenges that we must be ready to face. read more

In an unusual move, law enforcement in Florida released the name and image of a 10-year-old boy who was arrested over the weekend and charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting. read more

Forty years after her murder, a Michigan State Police detective began going through boxes of cold case files. He made the innovative decision to partner with the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University to develop a new Cold Case Unit. read more

Analysts in forensic labs routinely perform DNA profiling analyses, including STR analyses, as part of their casework investigations. In many labs, including the Forensic Science Laboratory of the French Gendarmerie (IRCGN), the STR analysis workflow consists of DNA extraction and purification, followed by STR amplification, for all samples that are received. In cases where amplification fails, an appropriate rework strategy must be determined based on the resulting STR profile data. This review is time-consuming and reduces the efficiency and throughput of DNA labs. However, forensic labs can save time and resources by performing a DNA quantification step between the purification and STR amplification. This quick additional step allows analysts to pre-select which samples to amplify and optimize the PCR amplification with a normalized amount of input DNA. read more

Burned skeletal remains found in 2018 have now been identified as Juanita Diane Roxy Coleman, who had been missing since 2016. read more

Artificial intelligence that can detect and kill malware on the fly could help protect laptops, computers and smart devices in our homes. read more

With this new information, detectives requested the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Crime Lab to conduct forensic testing on two latent fingerprints collected at the scene from 1974. read more

The young man, murdered almost a half-century ago and unidentified until now, was an Army veteran who had been stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. read more