Forensic experts are taking new steps to identify criminals caught on CCTV using the shoes they are wearing. Staffordshire University and West Yorkshire Police have teamed up to develop a new system ...

Police working on the case of the Somerton Man have successfully completed the first stage of their renewed attempt to identify him. The unidentified man found on an Adelaide beach more than 70 years ...

The police use of forensic science is a vital part of the investigative process in the criminal justice system, but – in spite of its importance – this topic is relatively under-explored in the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly referenced in digital forensics, e-discovery, fraud investigations, and regulatory reviews. Yet much of the public discourse portrays AI as an opaque ...

The Chinese military general and philosopher Sun Tzu once famously solved a murder in a village by asking all its residents to bring out their sickles and leave them in the sun. Eventually, flies ...

Often the only way to identify the dead after natural disasters, like Libya's floods or Hawaii's wildfire, is with DNA, fingerprints and dental records. In the midst of darkness, there was good news ...

Experts have begun the long process of identifying the recovered bodies of victims aboard Malaysia Airlines MH17. DNA samples have been taken from relatives and these will be used to help identify the ...

We often see more mobile devices come into our forensic lab than traditional computers (desktops and laptops). One reason for that is because mobile devices are consistently becoming more like ...