Kaleido Scope

UAB Professor Working to Create a Code of Ethics for Digital Forensics Professionals

According to criminal justice professor John Sloan, Ph.D., when it comes to recovering, analyzing, and litigating digital evidence in court, “it’s the Wild West out there.” “Unlike analysis of DNA ...
Reuters

Whose DNA? Forensic boom stokes ethical fears

LONDON (Reuters) - In September 1987, Colin Pitchfork, a baker from central England, became the first criminal in the world to be caught by DNA evidence, for the rape and murder of two 15-year-old ...
BIOENGINEER

New 16-Marker DNA Panel Detects Tiny Forensic Contributors in Mixed Samples

Forensic scientists in China have developed a compact genetic testing panel that can pick out the faint genetic signature of ...
technologynetworks

We Can Collect Human DNA From Almost Everywhere – But Is It Ethical?

On the beach. In the ocean. Traveling along riverways. In muggy Florida and chilly Ireland. Even floating through the air. We cough, spit, shed and flush our DNA into all of these places and countless ...
The Conversation

Identifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology

Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that swept through Lahaina, Hawaii, officials are collecting DNA samples ...