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What You Didn’t Know About Blood Spatter Analysis
Whether you’re an up and coming forensic analyst or just someone who can’t get enough of CSI, chances are you have heard a thing or two about blood spatter analysis. This field involves using the physics of fluids to help to determine the events of a (usually) violent crime by analyzing the placement of the blood droplets at the crime scene.
Halloween Hotspots: A Look at Crime and Prevention Tactics in 10 Cities
The candy is a given, but the debate still continues on: does an actual uptick in crime occur every October 31st on Halloween? Turns out this can vary depending on factors as simple as the night of the week that Halloween falls on (Monday versus Friday, for example), and even the city itself.
Most Affordable Online Forensic Science Programs (2026-2027)
Explore the most affordable online forensic science degree and certificate programs in 2026-2027 and learn which options can help students enter or advance in the field.
Top True Crime & Forensics Podcasts (2026-2027)
Podcasts like Serial set a new bar for the genre. Suddenly, true crime podcasts weren’t just guilty pleasures: they were Peabody-winning stories that could have an impact on precisely the topics that they were exploring.
Homicide Investigations: How to Determine Time of Death
For an unattended death, law enforcement must use a combination of investigative techniques and science to calculate how much time elapsed between the victim taking their last breath and their remains being found.
The Certifications That Actually Matter in Forensic Science
Forensic science is one of those fields that looks straightforward from the outside. You get the degree, you get the job, you work the cases. And somewhere in that mental picture, many aspiring forensic scientists might assume that certifications play the role they play in other professions, a marker of expertise, a signal to employers, a box to check on the way up.
A Quick History of Forensic Science: Fingerprints, DNA & Beyond
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.
A Sampling of Great Cybercrime & EDiscovery Certificate Programs
The massive volume of electronic data produced and stored has created new and exciting career opportunities in emerging fields like cyber security and computer forensics. Electronic Discovery (E-Discovery) is a means of combatting cybercrime, and more specifically a specialization of computer forensics that deals with collecting, producing and recovering Electronically Stored Information (ESI) as part of a lawsuit or ongoing investigation.