Forensics Colleges & Universities

In order to catch tomorrow’s killers and to protect the innocent, forensics experts will need to look for critical evidence in the places it’s now most likely to be found: a stray email address, a grainy clip of surveillance footage, a single incriminating IP address pulled from a list of countless others.

Forensics is an exciting field no matter the era in which it’s practiced; there’s always a little more than meets the eye. To get a quick look at the history of forensics and the crimes it solved as well as committed, read on.

Students considering a career in forensic investigation are entering a landscape that has changed drastically in the past few years. While AI in criminal justice has historically relied on conventional statistical analysis, the accelerating pace of AI innovation is now driving greater use of computer vision, natural language processing, and generative AI across the systems.