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Victims of Mass Atrocities Often Portrayed as Disempowered in Int'l Law
January 30, 2020
According to a doctoral thesis completed by Nadia Valentina Tapia Navarro, victims of mass atrocities are often portrayed as disempowered, passive, defenceless and docile in discourses pertaining to international law. read more
Analysis Confirms Mt. Vesuvius Blast Turned Ancient Victim's Brain to Glass
January 29, 2020
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim's brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the Herculaneum archaeology site said. read more
DOJ Awards $145 Million To Advance Forensic Science
January 29, 2020
The Justice Department has awarded grants totaling more than $145 million to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research and help law enforcement identify missing persons. read more
Report: FBI Investigating D.C. Forensic Firearms Lab
January 29, 2020
The Washington Post is reporting that the FBI is investigating a firearms analyst at the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences. read more
Chicago Police End Effort to Predict Gun Offenders, Victims
January 28, 2020
Chicago police have ended a program that sought to predict people most likely to be victims or perpetrators of gun crime, according to a watchdog report that warned the department of serious flaws in the approach. read more
Police Presence at Train Stations Reduces Crime by 21 Percent
January 28, 2020
An experiment in London’s Underground has found crime declines in areas where police patrolling was recently seen, meaning potential offenders become apprehensive about police presence and adjust their crime behavior pattern accordingly. read more
Fingerprint Residues Can Reveal Their Age
January 27, 2020
A new proof-of-concept study that uses a highly sensitive mass spectrometry method to date fingerprints has its authors thinking they can test the promising methods in real criminal cases within the next few years. read more
London Police to Use Face Scan Tech
January 27, 2020
London police will start using facial recognition cameras to pick out suspects from street crowds in real time, in a major advance for the controversial technology that raises worries about automated surveillance and erosion of privacy rights. read more
House Passes Bill to Let State Patrol Destroy Crime Guns
January 27, 2020
After years of trying, the Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill that allows the State Patrol to destroy guns they confiscated during criminal investigations. read more
Study: Internet Crime Becoming More Sophisticated, Persistent
January 27, 2020
Internet crimes are becoming more sophisticated and persistent in Florida and several of America’s other most populous states, including California, New York, Texas, Virginia and North Carolina. read more
Life-sized ‘Nutshell’ Forensic Course Gets an A+
January 24, 2020
The one-of-a-kind course saw 12 criminal justice students work through the Nutshells during the week, before culminating in an interactive recreation of one of the Nutshells by the UW-Parkside theater department. read more
Keeping Guns Away from Potential Mass Shooters
January 24, 2020
Researchers have measured the extent to which mass shootings are committed by domestic violence perpetrators, suggesting how firearm restrictions may prevent these tragedies. read more
Former Detective, FBI Task Force Officer Indicted for Bribery, Drug Distribution
January 24, 2020
A veteran detective for the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Police Department, who was also a task force officer with the FBI and a member of the Cumberland County Drug Task Force, was indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, drug distribution, fraud and making false statements. read more
Organized Cybercrime: Not Your Average Mafia
January 22, 2020
New research is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year. read more
DHS Issues Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking
January 22, 2020
The Department of Justice held a Summit on Combating Human Trafficking last week at which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled a first-of-its-kind long-term strategy for what the United States has declared a national priority. read more
Study: Attentiveness, Trust Especially Effective in Combating Juvenile Crime
January 21, 2020
Coming from a disadvantaged background, experiencing violence within the family, having a negative school environment or consuming violent media have little or no direct influence on potential criminal behavior among adolescents, but do result in young people regarding violent acts as harmless. read more
Survivors of Firearm Violence Experience 'Alarming' Long-term Trauma
January 21, 2020
A new study found that 6-to-12 months after traumatic injury, rates of chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other poor physical and mental health outcomes were alarmingly high among survivors of firearm violence—even higher than among survivors who had sustained similar injuries in motor vehicle crashes. read more
Drug Epidemic Likely Killing More Americans Than Previously Thought
January 21, 2020
As the drug epidemic began to unfold in the United States, deaths classified as drug-related for 15- to 64-year-olds hit 9% in 2016, up from about 4% seven years prior. But new research suggests drug-associated mortality in this country is actually more than double that. read more
Body Farm Cameras Reveal Insights on Feral Cat Scavenging
January 21, 2020
Due to the prevalence of feral cats across the United States, understanding the patterns and behaviors of scavenging cats is important to distinguishing between perimortem and postmortem tissue damage in corpses exposed to outdoor settings. read more
Search Warrant Indicates FBI Uses GrayKey to Unlock Newest iPhones
January 17, 2020
Just two days after Attorney General William Barr demanded help from Apple and other technology companies to access older model iPhones used by the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooter, Forbes uncovered a search warrant that strongly indicates the FBI already have access to a tool that can extract data from the latest and most secure iPhones. read more