Forensic anthropologists face mental health risks due to chronic exposure to violent death. Vicarious trauma and burnout can arise even without direct experience of violence.

When TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation portray DNA processing in the forensic lab, the results appear instantly with a DNA match wrapping up the case in hours. However, the ...

In South Africa, where thousands of people who have died remain unidentified each year, and cause-of-death records are far from complete, Laura Heathfield is offering a powerful tool for accuracy and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The use and success of forensic genealogy has exploded recently. Family trees and DNA are tracking down killers and identifying missing loved ones, often after decades. Now, Indiana ...

Anne Stone receives funding from the National Institute of Justice. Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that ...

n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...