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New methods for collecting forensic DNA to combat sexual violence in conflict

A new project aims to empower victims and support prosecutions in cases of sexual violence in conflict zones. The project will explore new methods for collecting forensic DNA evidence in cases of ...
Nature

Getting the science and the ethics right in forensic genetics

In a recent special issue of Nature Genetics, bioethicists Cho and Sankar 1 warned against misuses of DNA technology in forensic applications. They were specifically concerned with the definition and ...
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Smithsonian’s “Forensic Science on Trial” Exhibition Explores What Happens When Science Enters the Courtroom

Polygraph (cardio-pneumo-psychograph); 1921. Gift of City of Berkeley Police Department. Photo by Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...
The Boston Globe

The heiress at Harvard who helped revolutionize murder investigations — and the case she couldn’t forget

Frances Glessner Lee didn’t want to be known as a “rich woman who didn’t have enough to do.” In her 60s, she became a pioneer of forensic science. On an afternoon in July 1940, several day laborers ...