Note: This is the fifth of a six-part online symposium on the use of forensics in the criminal justice system. You can read the introduction and first four parts here, here, here and here. And you can ...

Computer Forensic Analysts use forensic tools and investigative methods to find specific electronic data, including Internet use history, word processing documents, images and other files. The field ...

Both crime lab analysts and forensic engineers reconstruct crimes or accidents to determine what happened and who is responsible. They differ, however, in their areas of specialization and who employs ...

Also referred to as forensic biologists, DNA analysts are vital in the crime investigation process. Using scientific testing, DNA analysts examine biological samples like hair, blood and saliva, to ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Amy Soricelli has over 40 years working with job candidates and has honed the art of the job ...

Late last year, a forensic firearms analyst in Wisconsin emailed a remarkable document to more than 200 of her colleagues across the country. It was a handout from an online lecture given by Jim Agar, ...

A University of Staffordshire Ph.D. student has received national recognition for research that could transform how bloodstain evidence at crime scenes is analyzed. Emma Hook has been awarded the ...

Forensic DNA analysis has come a long way, from conventional blood-grouping methods to STR profiling and, more recently, ...