Forensic science is a growing field that offers scientists opportunities to specialize in different techniques.

Texas lawmakers this year approved a pilot program to place Rapid DNA machines in two counties' jail booking stations.

When evidence is collected at a Hennepin County crime scene, it ends up in a laboratory in downtown Minneapolis, where in ...

For more than four decades, the suspect in the 1981 murder of Elizabeth King at her Moffatt Avenue home remained a mystery.

Forensic experts have obtained a DNA profile of the unknown killer of a schoolgirl raped and shot dead 62 years ago near Swansea, Wales. Scientists isolated the killer's DNA from a semen stain on the ...

Forensic evidence is important because it is a tool that generates outcomes in the criminal justice system, she said. When the science that is used is well done it can offer extremely helpful tools in ...

More than 170 rape kits caught up in the Forensic Science Queensland laboratory's backlog will be sent offshore next week for ...

Rape cases could be solved quicker thanks to a forensic science breakthrough. Researchers in Canada have developed a "radical" new technique for analyzing evidence in sexual assault cases. They say ...

He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted ...

The National Police Agency will launch a special investigation into falsified DNA tests and other misconduct by a Saga ...

The Saint Louis University Forensic Science program offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities. FRSC 2600 - Survey of Forensic Science 3 credits Students learn scientific methodology, its ...