Forensic psychology is a subset of applied psychology broadly defined as psychology pertaining to the legal system. Because the legal system and criminal motivation are both complex, forensic ...

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Forensic accountants are financial detectives who investigate financial reports and documents, often in connection with legal action. Find out what it takes to become one.

You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

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In 1992, forensic anthropologist Mercedes (Mimi) Doretti (pictured above, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1980s) traveled to El Salvador as part of a U.N.-sponsored team to investigate the 1981 El ...

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. It’s been decades since the intersection of forensic science ...

Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and non-toxic ...

As technology becomes increasingly integral to our daily lives, it's no surprise that crime-solving has advanced to near-futuristic levels. From retinal scanning to trace evidence chemistry, modern ...

April 19: This story has been corrected. This story was co-published with PBS Frontline. This is how I — a journalism graduate student with no background in forensics — became certified as a “Forensic ...

Kathy Eppler had waited seven years to see the man who murdered her two brothers and sister-in-law be punished for his crimes. Garrett Coughlin was sentenced to life without parole in the triple ...