Justice News
April 17, 2024
Top Headlines
Mar. 4, 2024 — Accurate 'time of death' estimates are a mainstay of murder mysteries and forensic programs, but such calculations in the real world are often complex and imprecise. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have discovered a group of common ...
Nov. 21, 2023 — Scientists demonstrate how bloodstains can yield valuable details by examining the protrusions that deviate from the boundaries of otherwise elliptical bloodstains. The researchers studied how these ...
Oct. 30, 2023 — Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to ...
Oct. 16, 2023 — 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 on fabrics underwater for several ...
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Mar. 14, 2024 — Research has found a less expensive and easier to use test to learn more about forensic touch DNA. This research has important implications for forensic investigations and being able to identify DNA ...
Oct. 2, 2023 — Allowing eyewitnesses to dynamically explore digital faces using a new interactive procedure can significantly improve identification accuracy compared to the video lineup and photo array procedures ...
Oct. 2, 2023 — If forensic experts have access to a suspect's gun, they can compare the microscopic markings from discarded shell casings with those found at a crime scene. Finding and reporting a mismatch can help ...
Aug. 30, 2023 — A new economic analysis has linked, for the first time, conduct problems among kindergarten students with significant costs to society in terms of crime and associated medical expenses and lost ...
Aug. 24, 2023 — The first three weeks of July 2023 have been the hottest global three-week period so far. Researchers report that the European population's exposure to heat was highest in ...
July 6, 2023 — Discoveries by forensic scientists about how gunshot residue behaves on skin, hair and fabric will allow crime scene investigators to catch up to the proliferation of new, eco-friendly types of ...
May 2, 2023 — A model sailing boat which represents a key part of a project working to banish single use plastics has embarked on a global tour that will help its ...
Apr. 3, 2023 — It is possible to retrieve forensically relevant information from human DNA in household ...
Feb. 1, 2023 — Researchers have developed and repeatedly tested a procedure that captures more information from eyewitnesses and improves the accuracy of lineups in police ...
Nov. 23, 2022 — Microplastic fibers discovered in samples (air, seawater, sediment and sea-ice) from the last remaining pristine environment on ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 4, 2024 — Changing weather patterns induced by climate change are contributing to shifts in the location of terrorist activity, according to new ...
Apr. 1, 2024 — New study findings suggest that shortening overnight operations by seven hours at bars and taverns in a Baltimore, Md. neighborhood resulted in a 51 percent immediate drop in homicides within the ...
Nov. 13, 2023 — Researchers have examined 1.2 million criminal incidents and developed an innovative method to identify patterns in criminal ...
Aug. 1, 2023 — An evaluation of 17 previously published studies suggests that exposure to lead in the womb or in childhood is associated with an increased risk of engaging in criminal behavior in adulthood -- but ...
Nov. 7, 2022 — The forensic-voice-comparison system, based on state-of-the-art automatic-speaker-recognition technology, outperformed all the ...
Oct. 31, 2022 — The researchers suggest that mass school shootings are different from other forms of mass murder, and that they should be looked at as a distinct phenomenon. Factors other than severe mental illness ...
Oct. 13, 2022 — Watch any episode of 'CSI,' and a character will use forensic DNA profiling to identify a criminal. A new study suggests that these forensic profiles may indirectly reveal medical ...
Oct. 12, 2022 — Maintaining green parks and gardens in cities has the potential to lower the risk of crime, research suggests. More green space in a city is linked with lower risk of crime against property -- such ...
Oct. 7, 2022 — Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to new ...
Sep. 21, 2022 — Forensic dramas on TV make it seem easy to determine when fingerprints were left at the scene of a crime. In reality, the oils in fingerprints degrade over time, and it's difficult to figure out ...
Sep. 20, 2022 — A new study has found that the average rate of assaults with firearms increased an average of 9.5 percent relative to forecasted trends in the first 10 years after 34 states relaxed restrictions on ...
July 14, 2022 — A new study of data from Chicago found that the neighborhoods where violent crime fell the most, cardiovascular disease mortality fell sharply, ...
July 5, 2022 — In a recent study, researchers found that neighborhoods with more dogs had lower rates of homicide, robbery and, to a lesser extent, aggravated assaults compared to areas with fewer dogs, at least ...
June 30, 2022 — A new computer model uses publicly available data to predict crime accurately in eight U.S. cities, while revealing increased police response in wealthy neighborhoods at the expense of less ...
June 8, 2022 — As cities test different approaches to handling 911 calls, a new study shows dispatching mental health specialists for nonviolent emergencies can be beneficial. In Denver, it reduced reports of less ...
May 19, 2022 — In February 2020, a group of musicians from around the world living in China recorded their cover of a song by Michael Jackson on video to express their support to the families affected by the ...
Apr. 12, 2022 — New research is helping law enforcement agents, forensic scientists and historians uncover attempts to hide ...
Apr. 4, 2022 — Teens who are stopped by the police are more likely to report greater disengagement from school the next day, and racial and ethnic minority youth reported more invasive police encounters than white ...
Mar. 31, 2022 — Skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data shows that some groups of people have higher variability in their cell deposits. The South Australian forensic science researchers ...
Feb. 16, 2022 — A new study among young Danish men confirms the assumption that risk-tolerant, impatient and self-centered people are more likely to commit crimes than risk averse, patient and altruistic people ...