The Journal of Forensic Sciences is the official publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). It is devoted to the publication of original investigations, observations, scholarly ...

While those in the scientific field know that technology has changed forensic science, laymen may not realize just how far advances have come. In order to showcase the many aspects of forensic science ...

I’ve long been a sucker for that crime-fiction stereotype, the old lady sleuth who defies social expectations by being clever and fearless. The nosy Miss Marple, the curious Jessica Fletcher, the cozy ...

A new DNA analysis of stains on a silk shawl that may have belonged to one of Jack the Ripper‘s victims concluded that the killer was a Polish barber named Aaron Kosminski, according to a paper ...

Beetles might precede blowflies (not vice versa, as forensic entomology has long suggested), a finding that could change time of death and other calculations made by crime-scene investigators When a ...

“Be prepared!” This enduring motto of the Scout movement will come to mind for many readers of a paper called “Bloodstain pattern dynamics in microgravity: Observations of a pilot study in the next ...