Michael Whyte

Adhesive surfaces, such as the sticky side of self-adhesive tape or labels, can be a very rich source for fingermarks due to its receptive...

The largest-ever black-box study on the accuracy of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), a widely used forensic technique, has found concerning error rates and disagreement...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Forensic Science, researchers from the College of Criminal Justice from New York, were successful in the DNA recovery from handwritten notes through a vacuum suction device while preserving other evidence types and the integrity of the document.

When a body is found, forensic scientists spring into action in an attempt to figure out the time and cause of death. At the moment, we...

Melbourne mathematician Samuel Blake and two fellow cryptologists have been officially recognised by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for solving a 50-year-old...

Plants could help investigators find dead bodies. Botanists believe the sudden flush of nutrients into the soil from decomposition may affect nearby foliage. If...

Every day, Fingerprint Experts in every latent office across the globe examine fingermarks that they determine to fall short of an identification. Whether it...

This National Crime Information Centre (NCIC) Bayesian network is based on the statistical data of general patterns of fingerprints on the hands of 17,951,192...

Using fingerprint brushes across multiple crime scenes yields a high risk of DNA cross-contamination. Thankfully an Australian study has discovered a quick and easy way to safely decontaminate fingerprint brushes to prevent this contamination risk and allows the brushes to be safely reused even after multiple cleaning cycles.

Adhesive tape is a common item which can be encountered in criminal cases involving rape, murder, kidnapping and explosives. It is often the case...