The director of the state crime lab was desperate to apply business skills to forensic science, so she turned to West Virginia University to help her manage people, money, and projects

"The policies that I am announcing today will advance the Justice Department’s commitment to reliable science that helps us to find and report the truth,” says Deputy Attorney General

Rutgers University-Camden houses PROVEDIt DNA database

Research shows that combining luminol with artemisinin, a natural peroxide and antimalarial treatment, reduces the risk of false positives compared to the traditional method

Students at De Montfort University Leicester get real-life skills by training at the school's Crime Scene House

However researchers say the findings should be interpreted cautiously because of the small sample size of cases used in key analyses

With support from NIST, experts are developing tests to help identify people with the pattern-matching skills needed for analyzing fingerprints. Try your eye on a few of the questions by clicking on the link at the end of this article.

“Depending on the question being asked, the chemical analysis of human hair can provide amazing insights into the life and lifestyle of a person,” researcher says

The faith the public and the criminal justice system place in forensic science far outpaces the amount of trust it deserves, according to opinion piece by a Georgia State associate professor of law

Funding will expand capacity and reduce backlogs