For decades, proving phone use in commercial trucking accidents meant working with incomplete information. Attorneys would examine basic phone bills and argue over whether a text message received ...

This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles ...

A lot has changed in the last decade in how officers and law enforcement agencies as a whole understand the importance of digital forensics. As the tools and software have evolved, it has begun to ...

Typically, trace evidence samples include human and animal hair, natural and manmade fibers, fabrics, rope, soil, glass, and building materials. In addition to these common types of samples, trace ...

Whether it’s for solving a crime or preventing one, high energy particles can be used to help uncover forensic evidence that other methods alone may miss or aren’t able to detect. While these ...

Forensic fibers can survive underwater for much longer than previously thought -- which could help criminal investigators uncover vital evidence. New research has found that fiber evidence can survive ...

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Increasingly, digital evidence plays a critical role in terrorism-related investigations and prosecutions. The EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility, implemented by the United Nations Office of ...

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Forensic fibers can survive underwater for much longer than previously thought—which could help criminal investigators uncover vital evidence. New research led by Staffordshire University's Centre for ...