Dr. Jason Linville enjoys teaching and advising students who are interested in pursuing a career in forensic science. He teaches forensic science overview courses and several forensic biology/DNA ...

Step aside, Dirty Harry. These days, scientists are getting the bad guys and the glory. And thanks to television and two passionate Purdue teachers whose courses have captured students’ imaginations, ...

Corsicana Middle School students recently transformed into crime scene investigators, using stage makeup to create realistic ...

DNA fingerprinting, or profiling, is now superseding traditional fingerprint matching as a more rigorous method. First developed in 1985 to diagnose genetic illness, it is now commonly used in ...

Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a leader in human identification solutions, has launched GlobalFiler™ and GlobalFiler™ Express, two new DNA kits that will revolutionize how crime labs ...

Physiognomy is an ancestor of Forensic Anthropology and involves the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance (face). This has been used since the 5th Century and ...

Using scientific methods in service of the law was first recorded in 1248 during the Song Dynasty in China. Ever since, new scientific advances from mass spectrometry to DNA sequencing have been ...

The murder case against Robert Durst is the latest controversy involving forensic science — can analysis of handwriting on two envelopes demonstrate guilt, or will contradictory analysis and doubts ...