The sixth batch of untested sexual assault kits identified in the SAFE Kit Initiative inventory were shipped off to the lab. Precautions were taken to ensure that the kits could be safely dropped off while maintaining social distancing requirements.
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While Capture the Flag challenges that test hacking capabilities are common, there has never been a publicly available test for IR related forensic investigation.
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A new study addresses safety concerns in an age of super-potent synthetic drugs like fentanyl, which can potentially be hazardous to chemists who handle them frequently.
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Decades after they were killed, two victims of two separate homicides in Volusia County have been identified thanks to DNA matches.
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Julie Welker, chair of Howard Payne University’s Department of Communication and coach of the speech and debate team, was recently named the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association Educator of the Year.
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The percentage of women and girls in Nicaragua's second-largest city who reported experiencing physical violence by their partners during their lifetimes decreased from 55% in 1995 to 28% in 2016.
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Lawyers for the Baltimore Police Department told a federal judge that plans for camera-equipped planes to conduct aerial surveillance of the city should proceed, despite the objections of civil liberties advocates.
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“No, you can’t have the touch DNA results in time for the next commercial. It really does take time.” That’s one of the phrases Colleen Fitzpatrick has found herself saying to television writers and producers as she consults on a new crime drama inspired by her life and work.
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The FBI's artifact of the month for April 2020 is Special Agent Barry Black's Hard Hat, which he wore responding to the "Oklahoma City bombing" on April 19, 1995.
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As countries around the world edge toward ending lockdowns and restarting their economies and societies, citizens are being more closely monitored, in nations rich and poor, authoritarian and free.
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