In fiscal year 2024-25, VVS provided services to more than 1,500 survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, including nearly 9,500 bed nights provided and almost 1,300 crisis hotline calls answered, a 28% increase from the previous year.
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A live hazard response exercise brings hands-on learning to forensic science students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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After an emergency department visit for an opioid overdose, 9 per cent of individuals died and 21 per cent experienced a repeat opioid overdose in the following year, according to a new study.
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Through persistent investigation and breakthroughs in forensic technology, detectives were able to link Berry’s DNA to evidence found at the crime scene.
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Weathers is employed as a forensic chemist with the Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services, where he has worked since 1998.
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Officers have found new evidence that has resulted in a sexual predator being jailed for offences he committed almost 30 years ago.
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As the number of connected devices worldwide is projected to exceed 40 billion by 2034, The University of Texas at San Antonio is leading a national initiative to ensure law enforcement can keep pace.
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Created by forensic artist Jenny Kenyon, the reconstruction depicts a young soldier believed to have been in his teens, offering a powerful new glimpse into the lives of the individuals who died while serving during America’s fight for independence.
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After 33 years, forensic genetic genealogy has led the Madison County Sheriff’s Office (Illinois) to a suspect in the 1993 murder of Randy Gail Black-Sperino, a 34-year-old mother.
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Twenty-eight years after Saco’s murder, evidentiary items collected and preserved at the crime scene were submitted for testing with Identifinders International.
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