For more than two decades, Robin Engel has worked to engage in policing research designed to reduce harm in communities and make police-community encounters safer, promoting best practices through academic-practitioner partnerships.
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“Capture the Flag” competitions offer a good opportunity to have a lot of fun and learn new cybersecurity and digital forensics skills, in a way that may not seem much like work at all.
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The DNA Doe Project announced the identification of two men in two separate cases hailing from Tucson, Arizona.
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A California man prosecutors called a serial killer was convicted Thursday of raping and killing two women in the 1980s after investigators linked him to DNA evidence, prosecutors said.
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The Truth Commission established to clear up the 2014 disappearances of 43 students in southern Mexico said Thursday the army was responsible at least for not stopping the abductions because a soldier had infiltrated the student group and the army knew what was happening.
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Off the coast of Colombia, the intersection between forensic science and environmental conservation meet. Diego Cardeñosa, an FIU researcher and Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar, installed in-port DNA detection tools that help provide proof of wildlife poaching in the region.
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Beginning this fall in five Michigan regions, the 5-year pilot program will establish a research-to-practice hub to provide guidance, training and consultation in the regions, and also assign intensive support teams to provide case management.
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A 7-year research project involving multiple UK police forces has shown significant failings in the role of Interview Manager, which researchers say is absolutely critical to the success of high-stake crime investigations—especially rape and murder.
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Prosecutors charged a Weyauwega man with killing a woman and her boyfriend 30 years ago in apparent revenge for a snowmobile accident.
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A law passed on April 1, 2005 will have life-changing consequences for families across the UK from next year.
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