The FBI formed its Behavioral Science Unit in 1974 to study serial predators. Since then, the art and craft of criminal profiling have become the subject of numerous books, TV shows and iconic films ...

Learn how DNA profiling works and how forensic science uses genetic evidence in criminal investigations. #DNA ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. As cybercrime increasingly becomes prevalent today, an educator has made it her mission to find new ways to enhance education in this ...

As the summer of 1988 transitioned to autumn, two London physicians dedicated themselves to uncovering the identity of infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Using a combination of autopsy results ...

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...

Jana Monroe is a retired FBI Special Agent who was one of the first women to serve in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, the ...

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 36 th annual International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI) will take place November 2-6 in West Palm Beach, Florida. ISHI welcomes more than 900 forensic ...

Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Wolbert Burgess received a phone call at her Boston College office in 1978 that would alter the course of her career and lead to a seismic shift in the practice ...

It’s a staple of cop shows, but the jury’s still out on claims that criminals’ identities can be deduced from their modus operandi WHEN Derrick Todd Lee was arrested in 2003 for a spate of brutal ...

DNA profiling, as it has been known since 1994, has been used in the criminal justice system since the late 1980s, and was originally termed "DNA fingerprinting." The DNA in every human is very ...