Forensic science is hard. The hours are grueling, the pressure is relentless, there’s too much casework and not enough hands. This week, Sept. 20 to 26, is the Eighth Annual National Forensic Science Week.
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Ruth E. Swinney was hired as a Trooper on March 5, 1951 and reluctantly retired as a Sergeant on April 12, 1972 with 21 years of service. Her ranks and designation as Technician did not do justice to her capabilities and responsibilities. Swinney was a chemist.
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“People ask us all the time what’s the biggest case we’ve handled,” Budowle said. “We answer, ‘All of them.’ Every person we’ve identified had a family, people who loved them. Every person we identify is a big case to us.”
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From computer hacking to weaponized drones, technology is on the rise in detective novels, Baylor University researcher says.
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The study compared homicide rates involving firearms in this age group between five states that increased the minimum age to buy or possess a firearm higher than the nationwide limits set by the 1994 federal law and the 32 states that did not.
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"They told me my mom was in the casket," Vanessa Marquez recalls. "I just remember crying and trying to like put my hand out."
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The FBI recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso’s Misty Duke, Ph.D., a grant to examine the effectiveness of two different methods to conduct investigative and intelligence interviews.
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Archie Williams spent 36 years wrongfully imprisoned for a rape and stabbing he didn’t commit. Last week, he received a standing ovation on the stage of a television show he used to watch in prison.
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These days Mayne Correia works closely with Jean Nault, a profile artist with the RCMP’s behavioural science group, to come up with facial reconstructions of missing persons.
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A novel mobile health program has proven to be an effective model for bringing opioid addiction treatment services directly to marginalized individuals, particularly the homeless.
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