Based on more than 100,000 college degree programs and the starting salary data of over 5 million graduates, GradReports has ranked 2020’s best colleges by major, including criminology and criminal justice.
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The FBI’s Artifact of the Month is a rare first edition of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” used to conceal a .32-caliber pistol.
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The average age at which teens and young adults start using drugs has been rising, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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While recognizing that improvements have been made, Gillian Tully has called for gaps in quality to be resolved to prevent unreliable evidence being used in court.
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As the day progressed, the simulation became a murder investigation, with students from the university’s Forensic Science department called in to analyze the scene for evidence as policing teams worked to establish what had taken place.
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Eye-dentify uses eye-tracking technology and training software to teach officers the skills and best practices related to X-ray screening, identity verification/impostor detection and ID validation.
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Police in Massachusetts have issued a warning about heroin cut with a synthetic cannabinoid—intended only for research purposes—that may not respond to Narcan.
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The department is the first accredited state crime lab in North America to begin fully sequencing mitochondrial DNA, which makes it easier to test degraded evidence samples that have been subjected to harsh environmental conditions.
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Lisa Bailey, a retired FBI forensic artist, is passionate about her work. In terms of educating the next generation, she says she can reach more people on Instagram than she could in a class.
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The United States Supreme Court denied a cert petition by Rodney Reed asking the Court to review a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ rejection of critical evidence of innocence in his 1998 conviction for the murder of Stacey Stites.
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