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Researchers claim they have developed a prototype system that could enable “low-cost, portable, objective analysis of tool marks.”

Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.

By touching a cell phone, car keys, or even a pen, you are leaving behind a chemical signature that can reveal much about how you live your daily life.

In response to the National Academy of Sciences’ call for scientific data to support forensic evidence, researchers revised forensic anthropology procedures to include an “error metric” for the measurement of human skeletal remains.

Identifying a car, truck, or other vehicle that has been involved in a hit-and-run accident often depends on examining paint fragments left at the scene by the vehicle.

The National Institute of Justice, through the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, hosted Looking Ahead: The National Sexual Assault Policy Symposium on September 8-9, 2016, in Washington, DC.

The standard method for collecting and storing blood samples from newborns might be useful for forensic toxicology.

Researchers look at transition metal cluster compounds for the fluorescent identification and trace detection of substances of abuse.