Family DNA Searches in the News Again
Forty year old murder solved via family DNA search. The suspect identified was killed by police in 1982 following an escape from prison. Read the full article- Los Angeles Times
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Family DNA Article from the New York Times
Family DNA Searches Seen as Crime-Solving Tool, and Intrusion on Rights Personally, I fail to see the intrusion on rights, but it’s an interesting article about DNA technology. Family searches aren’t even…
January 28, 2017January 30, 2017
Forensic Science: A Time of Transformation (NIJ)
This is not a long article, but I found parts of it quite interesting. http://nij.gov/journals/277/pages/forensics.aspx ‘…the “growing debate among the scientific and legal communities” regarding the use of the terms “identification” or “individualization” in…
July 29, 2016July 29, 2016
Ancient pigment re-purposed as a fingerprint powder
Interesting article from ABC News Australia: Egyptian blue delivers fingerprint boost to modern forensic science
May 26, 2016May 26, 2016
How reliable are Latent Fingerprint Examiners?
Research by Miami-Dade PD, via the NIJ.
March 30, 2016March 30, 2016
Tools for Improving the Quality of Aged, Degraded, Damaged, or Otherwise Compromised DNA Evidence
By Michael M. Cox, Ph.D., Evelyn M. Mercer Published by the NIJ Abstract Almost every day, DNA samples are collected from the scenes of crimes or disasters that are too degraded for…
November 2, 2015November 1, 2015
New Study on Survivability of DNA Evidence
A new study published by the NIJ, demonstrates positive recovery of DNA for up to 10 days following intercourse. Given various circumstances that may lead to delays in reporting or testing, it’s…
May 30, 2015May 29, 2015
Crime Scene Investigation and Fingerprinting
Interesting historic video on crime scene investigation and forensic science. I have a copy as well, that I purchased on DVD from the National Archives. The date on the original is a…
May 29, 2015May 29, 2015
Finding Fingerprints with Super Glue Video from Make Magazine
Great video on how to super glue for fingerprints from the folks at Make magazine.
November 15, 2013November 15, 2013
Magnetic Powder
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in Minutiae, the Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, #43, July-August 1997. Even though magnetic powder has been available since the early 1960’s, many latent print…