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DNA Used to Identify Deceased Along Texas-Mexico Border
June 21, 2012 — Baylor professor organizes a field school to a Texas border town to exhume bodies of those that died while crossing the border for the purpose of identification and repatriation to ... > full story -
Belief in Hell, According to International Data, Is Associated With Reduced Crime
June 19, 2012 — Religions are thought to serve as bulwarks against unethical behaviors. However, when it comes to predicting criminal behavior, the specific religious beliefs one holds is the determining factor, ... > full story -
Children, Brain Development and the Criminal Law
June 18, 2012 — The legal system needs to take greater account of new discoveries in neuroscience that show how a difficult childhood can affect the development of a young person's brain which can increase the risk ... > full story -
Predicting Burglary Patterns Through Math Modeling of Crime
May 31, 2012 — Pattern formation in physical, biological, and sociological systems has been studied for many years. One area where it has been of growing interest is in crime ... > full story -
Eyewitness Identification Reforms May Have Unintended Consequences
May 31, 2012 — Psychologist are raising serious questions about eyewitness identification procedures that are being adopted by police departments across the United ... > full story -
First Prehistoric Twins Discovered in Iberian Peninsula
May 30, 2012 — Researchers in Spain have discovered the remains of newborn twin girls in the archaeological site of Olèrdola in Barcelona. They date back to between the middle of the 4th century B.C. to the ... > full story -
Anthropologists Find American Heads Are Getting Larger
May 30, 2012 — Forensic anthropologists examined 1,500 skulls dating back to the mid-1800s through the mid-1980s. They noticed US skulls have become larger, taller and narrower as seen from the front and faces have ... > full story -
Three Percent of US Executions Since 1900 Were Botched, Study Finds
May 29, 2012 — Of approximately 9,000 executions that took place from 1900 to 2011, 270 of them involved some problem, according to a new study. Researchers created a database of all the “departures from the ... > full story -
Autopsy of a Eruption: Linking Crystal Growth to Volcano Seismicity
May 24, 2012 — A forensic approach that links changes deep below a volcano to signals at the surface could ultimately help to predict future volcanic eruptions with greater ... > full story -
DNA Evidence Shows That Marine Reserves Help to Sustain Fisheries
May 24, 2012 — Biologists have presented the first evidence that areas closed to all fishing are helping to sustain valuable Australian fisheries. The scientists applied a forensic DNA profiling approach to track ... > full storyMore:
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