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November 27, 2020 / Last updated : November 27, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

TNW: How to build a search engine for criminal data

TNW: How to build a search engine for criminal data. “Data analysis platforms are becoming increasingly crucial in the fight against crime. We spoke with two forensic software experts from Hansken about how they support law enforcement agencies, like the Dutch National Police and the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service.”

February 4, 2020 / Last updated : February 4, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

BuzzFeed News: This DNA Testing Firm Said It Wanted To Bring Closure To Families Of Murder Victims. Then It Blocked A Rival From Using Its Database To Solve Crimes.

BuzzFeed News: This DNA Testing Firm Said It Wanted To Bring Closure To Families Of Murder Victims. Then It Blocked A Rival From Using Its Database To Solve Crimes.. “Since April 2018, when the method scored its first big success with the Golden State Killer case, dozens of alleged murderers or rapists have been identified […]

December 26, 2019 / Last updated : December 26, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Trib Live: CMU researchers develop tool to pinpoint source of gunshots using smartphone videos

Trib Live: CMU researchers develop tool to pinpoint source of gunshots using smartphone videos. “A tool developed at Carnegie Mellon University to determine the location of gunshots correctly pinpointed where the shots came from in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, CMU researchers said.”

December 15, 2019 / Last updated : December 15, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Phys .org: Here’s what police know about digital evidence

Phys .org: Here’s what police know about digital evidence. “In today’s criminal justice system, a Play Station and iPhone are just as important pieces of evidence as eyewitness accounts. Yet, there isn’t a strong understanding as to how police officers identify digital evidence—everything from a laptop to a smart television—in the field.”

December 12, 2019 / Last updated : December 12, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

The Verge: Genetic database that identified Golden State Killer acquired by crime scene DNA company

The Verge: Genetic database that identified Golden State Killer acquired by crime scene DNA company. “The crime scene DNA sequencing company Verogen announced yesterday that they’ve acquired the genomics database and website GEDmatch. The acquisition makes the relationship between the company and law enforcement explicit, but raises uncomfortable questions for users and experts about data […]

December 6, 2019 / Last updated : December 6, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Engadget: NIST preserve JFK assassination bullets with 3D scans (updated)

Engadget: NIST preserve JFK assassination bullets with 3D scans (updated). “The 56th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination was last month. Early next year, you’ll be able to see, in almost nauseating detail, the bullets that took his life. The National Archives will upload high-definition 3D images of the projectiles to its online catalog.”

November 26, 2019 / Last updated : November 26, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Bullet points: AI forging a path for better forensic medicine (Monash University)

Monash University: Bullet points: AI forging a path for better forensic medicine. “The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) – which also operates as Monash University’s Department of Forensic Medicine, performs autopsy services for all deaths reported to the Victorian State Coroner. It holds a globally unique data collection – more than 75,000 full-body computed […]

November 20, 2019 / Last updated : November 20, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

EurekAlert: Carnegie Mellon system locates shooters using smartphone video

EurekAlert: Carnegie Mellon system locates shooters using smartphone video. “Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that can accurately locate a shooter based on video recordings from as few as three smartphones. When demonstrated using three video recordings from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds […]

November 1, 2019 / Last updated : November 1, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

EurekAlert: New tool predicts eye, hair and skin color from a DNA sample of an unidentified individual

EurekAlert: New tool predicts eye, hair and skin color from a DNA sample of an unidentified individual. “This all-in-one pigmentation profile tool provides a physical description of the person in a way that has not previously been possible by generating all three pigment traits together using a freely available webtool. The tool is designed to […]

October 24, 2019 / Last updated : October 24, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Phys .org: New insect database to help with forensic investigations

Phys .org: New insect database to help with forensic investigations . “Researchers at Cranfield University are using blowflies and other insects to develop a database which will provide a complementary method of estimating time since death in forensic investigations.”

September 13, 2019 / Last updated : September 13, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

BT: Scanners employed to catalogue knife wounds

BT: Scanners employed to catalogue knife wounds. “High-tech scanners are being used to create a ‘catalogue’ of knife wounds that can be matched to different blades. Detectives say the database will mean they can identify what kind of knife has been used in a stabbing, making it easier to catch criminals. The method involves using […]

April 26, 2019 / Last updated : April 26, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

New York Times: Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a Murder

New York Times: Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a Murder. “Using an unconventional technique that relies on DNA submitted to online genealogy sites, investigators have solved dozens of violent crimes, in many cases decades after they hit dead ends. Experts believe the technique could be used to revive investigations into […]

March 14, 2019 / Last updated : March 14, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

The Scotsman: Scots asked to take pictures of their footwear to catch criminals

The Scotsman: Scots asked to take pictures of their footwear to catch criminals. “The University of Dundee’s Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) is undertaking the largest ever study into the variation in footwear marks made by the same shoes across different surfaces and activities so the variation observed can be used to explore […]

January 16, 2019 / Last updated : January 16, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Miami Herald: Researchers compile body scans for new database

Miami Herald: Researchers compile body scans for new database. “Researchers are converting thousands of full-body scans done by the state Office of the Medical Investigator as part of an effort to build a searchable database that can help anthropologists, criminal investigators and others.”

January 1, 2019 / Last updated : January 1, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

NPR: ‘Ballistic Fingerprint’ Database Expands Amid Questions About Its Precision

NPR: ‘Ballistic Fingerprint’ Database Expands Amid Questions About Its Precision. “NIBIN was started in 1999 and has primarily been used by forensics examiners to testify at trial about the likelihood that a bullet was fired from a particular gun. But that’s all changing now. The Department of Justice is allocating money and resources to put […]

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