Using fingerprints to catch criminals isn’t 100% accurate, but analyzing fingerprints in 3D, rather than 2D, could improve the process.
Educating mock jurors about what kinds of statements are appropriate − or not − led to more critical assessments of forensic testimony and improved the quality of their decisions.
Human scent could one day be used as evidence in forensics and as diagnostic information in medicine.
We can predict hair and eye colour with reasonable accuracy from DNA, but other characteristics are being investigated.
CCTV is a popular form of digital evidence but it can be unreliable and problematic.
Our vehicles hold a remarkable amount of information, which can be used by digital forensic investigators in the detection of crime.
Human memory doesn’t work like a video camera, simply recording a scene as it happens. But researchers know how to help children recall information accurately.
Smart people can have really bad ideas – like selectively breeding human beings to improve the species. Put into practice, Galton's concept proved discriminatory, damaging, even deadly.
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