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Research Will Help ID Bodies Left Behind by Chilean Earthquake, Pinochet Regime
September 14, 2010 — New research will help medical examiners and others identify human remains of those killed during the recent earthquake in Chile, as well as the bodies of the "disappeared" who were killed during the ... > full story -
Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk of Violent Crime, Swedish Study Suggests
September 7, 2010 — A new study from Sweden suggests that bipolar disorder -- or manic-depressive disorder -- does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with ... > full story -
Disadvantaged Adolescents Prone to Adult Crime and Substance Abuse Problems, Study Finds
August 16, 2010 — Early intervention among young adolescents with delinquency problems may help prevent the development of long-term crime and substance abuse problems, a new article ... > full story -
Fast Forensic Test Can Match Suspects' DNA With Crime Samples in Four Hours
August 4, 2010 — A newly developed test could make checking DNA from people arrested for crimes with DNA samples from crime scenes stored in forensic databases almost as easy as matching fingerprints. With the test, ... > full story -
Hips Don't Lie: Researchers Find More Accurate Technique to Determine Sex of Skeletal Remains
July 6, 2010 — Researchers are offering a new means of determining the sex of skeletal human remains -- an advance that may have significant impacts in the wake of disasters, the studying of ancient remains and the ... > full story -
Shaken Baby Syndrome: New Theories Proposed
June 30, 2010 — A new research project in the UK will revisit and consider new hypotheses for the causation of subdural hematomas (bleeding in the brain) in Shaken Baby Syndrome ... > full story -
Teeth of Cadavers Reveal Their Identity
June 29, 2010 — Researchers in Spain have shown that a person's dental patterns can be used as proof of their identity with the same degree of reliability as DNA testing, the method that forensic police use to ... > full story -
Making Virtopsies a Reality: New Research Project to Develop Reliable and Cost-Effective Virtual Autopsies
June 28, 2010 — A new research project is set to play a vital role in continuing research into viable alternatives to invasive autopsies, which many families find to be ... > full story -
Rape in War 'a Deliberate Military Strategy' Argue Researchers
June 24, 2010 — Since the second world war, the use of rape as a weapon of war has assumed strategic importance, and is now a deliberate military strategy, argue researchers in a new ... > full story -
DNA Analyses Return 13 Haitian Children to Families: DNA-Prokids Bolivia
May 26, 2010 — After last January earthquake, 25 Haitian children were moved to Bolivia, accompanied by people who could not prove their parenthood. Police suspicion prevented them to be taken to Brazil or ... > full story -
Putting Teeth Into Forensic Science
May 19, 2010 — In a large natural disaster, such as the Haitian earthquake earlier this year, or in an unsolved homicide case, knowing the birth date of an individual can guide forensic investigators to the correct ... > full story -
New Forensics Research Will Help Identify Remains of Children
May 13, 2010 — New research is now giving forensic scientists a tool that can be used to help identify the remains of children, and may contribute to resolving missing-persons cases, among other uses. Identifying ... > full story
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