A consortium led by Cyan Forensics has been awarded £85,000 by the UK Government to demonstrate innovative technologies to tackle one of society’s most pressing issues—keeping children safe online in end-to-end encrypted messaging environments.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics released findings from the 2020 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) that show a 22% decline in the total violent victimization rate from 2019 to 2020.
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Scientists say they have developed a spectroscopy-based technique that can retrieve high-resolution fingerprint images from surfaces where conventional fingerprint imaging typically fails.
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The late stages of Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial in the shooting of three men highlighted the U.S. legal system’s constant debate over forensic technologies, even fundamental ideas taken for granted outside the courtroom.
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On May7, 2020, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office was contacted by a private forester representative who advised one of his employees had located what was believed to be human remains.
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A man suspected of raping women near Sacramento freeway interchanges several years ago has been arrested after investigators used DNA technology and genealogy websites to zero in on him.
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A new study examined the impact changes to background checks and licensing policies has made on different types of violent crime in Massachusetts.
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Within two hours, forensic scientist Ed Rottman identified a potential suspect using the state’s automated fingerprint identification system and handed that person’s name over to Rochelle police.
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Some exclusions were made using a DNA profile developed from crime scene evidence, but the murderer was not identified. The case had again gone cold.
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A man has been charged following the re-investigation of an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a young woman in Sydney’s south-west in the mid-1990s.
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