One of the many items of evidence found at a crime scene that can yield breakthrough clues if handled and processed appropriately is adhesive tape. Through fracture matching and DNA analysis, a person can be linked to the ...
A pillar of the crime scene processing curriculum, Locard’s Exchange Principle states that every place one goes, they take something with them and also leave a trace behind. The ultimate goal of crime scene processing is ...
Shooting scene reconstruction and the identification of where the
shooter and weapon most likely were located, can be critical pieces of
information for law enforcement and crime scene investigators. During an
extensive ...
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) assisted law enforcement with over 29,000 missing children cases in 2019 and has completed more than 6,800 age-progressed images in its history of working on ...
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is one of the most important forensic crime scene techniques to date. Fluid dynamics with blood remain relatively similar across the board, which is why many researchers remain focused on ...
Secondary DNA transfer has been an increasing topic of study throughout the forensic science community recent years. Little information is known about how the condition of the surface of an individual’s hand may play a ...
Bloodstains are a useful piece of evidence for solving many crimes. The DNA analysis of bloodstains deposited on a piece of clothing can identify whose blood is on the clothing and may place a subject at the scene. In some ...
Vacuum metal deposition (VMD) is a highly sensitive method for developing latent fingerprints on semiporous and nonporous surfaces with extensive research focusing on various classes of polymers. The relatively high cost ...
The drive to preserve and collect latent prints has led to the creation of innovative products and technologies. However, because of the increasing variety of the implements, supplementary research was necessary to ensure ...
Friction ridge impressions, commonly known as fingerprints, are a type of evidence investigators search for when examining crime scenes and evidence. They are left behind by friction ridge skin after physical contact with ...
In forensic science, when an individual is to be identified, inmost of the cases, teeth are considered the precious and reliable tool forobservation and analysis owing to the fact that they are the hardest tissueand the ...
Unidentified human remains are examined using a multitude of forensic techniques (i.e., DNA and fingerprinting) to identify the individual. The last-resort is facial reconstruction, which aims to produce a likeness of the ...
Within the field of forensic anthropology, skeletal trauma analysis plays a critical role in reconstructing the events surrounding the life and death of an individual. For example, analyzing cranial blunt force trauma (BFT) ...