The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point opened its new Digital Forensics and Recovery Analysis Lab to provide students with hands-on experience and the opportunity to work on real-world cases.
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New guidelines encourage device manufacturers to include and enable standard logging and forensic features that are robust and secure by default.
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Research demonstrates that cities with higher immigrant populations tend to have lower crime rates. This is because immigrants create strong social networks and community cohesion, diminishing the likelihood of crime.
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Imagine having absolutely no training or education in DNA analysis but being expected to decide if a person should spend the rest of their life in jail based on DNA evidence an expert explains to you in 10 minutes or less.
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The researchers identified 35 biomarker “predictors” of SIDS—including ornithine, a substance critical to the body’s ability to dispose of ammonia in urine.
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The breakthrough came when retired Suffolk County Police Department Detective Pasquale Albergo contacted the Suffolk County Homicide Section with the hopes that advances in technology could help solve the murder of Schubert.
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The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has officially identified the remains of a woman found in 1990 as Wendy Abrams-Nishikai. She was last seen on October 31st, 1989, at the age of 21.
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USC Salkehatchie celebrated the opening of a new forensic science lab at its Allendale campus, marking a significant advancement in criminal justice education in the Lowcountry.
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Based on documents the media outlet obtained, The Intercept has published an article that says an FBI official urged AAFS to cancel a conference presentation titled “Taking on the FBI.”
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The study authors say the tool can support forensic anthropologists when results are needed rapidly, such as in a mass casualty event. It also can better account for a more diverse population.
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