The stress of 911 call-takers Mark Bond Thursday, January 15, 2015   In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration...

The determination of the cause of death from exposure to extreme temperatures is a diagnosis of exclusion. Because both clinical and autopsy findings are...

Because blood behaves according to certain scientific principles, trained bloodstain pattern analysts can examine the blood evidence left behind and draw conclusions as to...

Forensic anthropology is the analysis of skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains, and  is important in both legal and humanitarian contexts. Forensic anthropologists apply...

Ethical behavior goes beyond simply knowing the difference between right and wrong; it is doing what is right. The purpose of promoting ethical investigation...

The question in this series is whether law enforcement ignored certain facts because it did not fit a pre-textual narrative or were simply instructed...

The question in this series is whether law enforcement ignored certain facts because it did not fit a pre-textual narrative or were simply instructed...

The question in this series is whether law enforcement ignored certain facts because it did not fit a pre-textual narrative or were simply instructed...

Every crime scene presents unique obstacles for the investigator, but in a death investigation three elements will always exists to  some degree. These three...

Today, the term “biometrics” is not limited to fingerprints. It also includes palm prints, irises, and facial recognition. In an effort to harness new...

Defining Time of Death    There are several times of death. Let me repeat that—there are several times of death. Time of death seems...

How does our profession  influence crime writers? In the western world, crime fiction – mystery, thrillers, suspense, etc. – makes up somewhere between 25...

Forensic odontology is the application of dental science to legal investigations, primarily involving the identification of the offender by comparing dental records to a...

Post Mortem Facial Reconstruction A Postmortem Reconstruction is developed by reconstructing facial characteristics of an unidentified deceased person with decomposed or damaged human tissue....