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Child Witnesses: How To Improve Their Performance
September 16, 2008 A study at the University of Leicester into how to improve child and young adult witnesses' evidence has looked at several issues that affect witnesses' ... > full story -
Criminals Who Eat Processed Foods More Likely To Be Discovered, Through Fingerprint Sweat Corroding Metal
September 15, 2008 The inventor of a revolutionary new forensic fingerprinting technique claims criminals who eat processed foods have 'sticky fingers,' which are more likely to corrode metal. This makes them more ... > full story -
Txt Crimes, Sex Crimes And Murder: The Science Of Forensic Linguistics
September 8, 2008 Text and instant messaging may soon cease to be an anonymous method of communication as advances in forensic linguistic research make it possible to identify the sender and also predict the gender ... > full story -
New Field Of Research Could Help Police In Crime Scene Forensics
August 28, 2008 A team of investigators have found a way to identify possible suspects at crime scenes using only a small amount of DNA, even if it is mixed with hundreds of other genetic ... > full story -
Fingerprint Breakthrough Hope In US Double Murder Probe
August 27, 2008 A double murder investigation that has remained unsolved for almost a decade could be provided new impetus following a forensic ... > full story -
Fingerprint Analysis Technique Could Be Used To Identify Bombmakers
August 26, 2008 University of Leicester experts have held discussions with military personnel in Afghanistan following the discovery of new technology to identify fingerprints on ... > full story -
Adults Easily Fooled By Children's False Denials, Study Finds
August 17, 2008 Adults are easily fooled when a child denies that an actual event took place, but do somewhat better at detecting when a child makes up information about something that never happened. These findings ... > full story -
Fingerprints Provide Clues To More Than Just Identity
August 7, 2008 Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. The ... > full story -
Guilt On Their Hands: Tiny 'Tags' Could Help To Solve And Deter Gun Crime
August 1, 2008 Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging ... > full story -
Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020?
July 31, 2008 African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989, but a conservation biologist believes there is little ... > full story
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