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Popular Mechanics August 2009 Brad Reagan	CSI Myths: The Shaky Science Behind Forensics Bite marks, blood-splatter patterns, ballistics, and hair, fiber and handwriting analysis sound compelling in the courtroom, but much of the "science" behind forensic science rests on surprisingly shaky foundations.
Chemistry World December 1, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Hard questions after litany of forensic failures at US labs At least five high profile cases of serious malpractice at US forensic crime labs have come to light in the last two years.
Popular Mechanics July 2006 David Dobbs	Forensics Under Fire The unparalleled accuracy of DNA analysis has forced traditional forensic science to stand trial.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Simon A. Cole	Double Helix Jeopardy DNA databases help solve crimes but some say they also aid and abet racial discrimination. Can there be a compromise between the desire for privacy and the need for crime control?
Reason November 2007 Roger Koppl	Breaking Up the Forensics Monopoly America's forensics system, the part of our criminal justice system responsible for scientific examinations of crime-scene evidence like fingerprints and DNA, is rife with errors. Here are eight ways to fix the broken system.
Chemistry World September 29, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Forensic crime lab malpractice surfaces in Oregon New revelations that a chemist at an Oregon state forensics lab appears to have tampered with drug evidence have led the state's governor to launch an investigation.
AskMen.com Bernie Alexander	5 Things CSI Doesn't Tell You About Forensics With the topic being hotter than ever, let's look at five things that CSI hasn't told you about forensics.
Chemistry World February 4, 2011 Holly Sheahan	Crime scene DNA testing on the move A microfluidic chip that can come up with a DNA profile in less than three hours has been designed by US scientists for use at crime scenes.
Smithsonian August 2007 Cate Lineberry	On the Case Kathy Reichs, the forensic expert who helped inspire the TV show "Bones," talks about homicides, DNA and her latest novel.
Chemistry World September 5, 2013 Jason Woolford	A biochemical eyewitness Blood found at a crime scene could give police an indication of a criminal suspect's ethnicity there and then thanks to a new bioassay.
Chemistry World January 15, 2014 Kirsty Muirhead	Biomarkers leave gender clues at crime scene Scientists in the US have unveiled details of a colorimetric assay that could provide an initial indication of a suspect's gender during the on-scene stages of a forensic investigation.
Popular Mechanics July 27, 2009 Brad Reagan	The Truth About 4 Common Forensics Methods Room for doubt in deciphering the information in four important types of criminal evidence
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Sargur N. Srihari	Beyond C.S.I.: The Rise of Computational Forensics Pattern recognition and other computational methods can reduce the bias inherent in traditional criminal forensics
Chemistry World October 5, 2012 Patrick Walter	Forensic lab error led to miscarriage of justice A forensics error has led to an innocent man being held for five months on a charge of rape in the UK. The DNA sample from the rape victim was contaminated during a routine DNA extraction procedure, although this is thought to have been an isolated incident.
Chemistry World January 27, 2015 Maria Burke	Fears for forensic quality in England and Wales There is a real danger of forensic science standards slipping in the UK, according to a report from the National Audit Office. Concerns include a lack of transparency in police spending and a regulator that is virtually powerless.
Salon.com June 12, 2000 Alan Berlow	Bush's death penalty dodge The Texas governor has issued his first reprieve in a death penalty case; the question is whether he's seen the light or is just playing politics.
AskMen.com	Crime: A Family Thing? Although its legality has not been tested in court, a growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide are considering whether to adopt a technique that entails looking through the database for a near-match rather than an exact match.
Chemistry World August 2006 Yfke Hager	Careers: The Analysis Jigsaw For the past four years, Cathy Brookes has passed on her enthusiasm for analytical chemistry to students on their sandwich year at Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals.
Chemistry World July 1, 2011 Andrew Turley	UK Report Criticizes Forensic Science Move In deciding to shut down the Forensic Science Service, the UK government gave insufficient consideration to the impact on forensic science R&D, according to an independent government report.
Chemistry World October 8, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US crime lab chemist arrest causes reverberations Last month's arrest of a chemist, who worked in a Massachusetts Department of Public Health state laboratory, for allegedly falsifying evidence used in criminal cases is prompting calls for major forensic science reform in the US.
Bio-IT World June 2005 Robert M. Frederickson	Crime Pays for DNAPrint Genomics DNAWITNESS 2.0 is used by law enforcement agencies to determine the likely genetic heritage of DNA samples obtained from crime scenes -- thereby narrowing the potential pool of suspects or victims.
Popular Mechanics December 2007 Paul Tolme	Wildlife CSI: Inside the Case of the Poisoned Meatballs Crime labs investigate illegal killings of endangered species.
Chemistry World August 6, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Keeping lipstick evidence in the bag Michael Went, from the University of Kent in the UK, and colleagues have shown that vibrational fingerprints obtained by Raman spectroscopy can distinguish between different brands and types of lipstick.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Massachusetts crime lab scandal explodes The arrest of another forensic lab chemist has prosecutors scrambling to check drug cases she worked on.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	5 Things You Didn't Know: DNA With human cloning and other controversial bombshells waiting just around the corner, expect DNA to remain in the public eye for decades to come.
Geotimes January 2005 Raymond C. Murray	Collecting Crime Evidence from Earth Geologic evidence will continue to be developed and presented in courtrooms around the world. The quality of evidence collection and examination will improve, and new methods will be developed. The results will be to the benefit of justice.
Reason October 2001 Rhys Southan	DNA on Demand Scotland's Strathclyde Police don't blink twice when it comes to slighting privacy for crime detection. In March, Scotland's largest police department announced that officers would take DNA samples from everyone they arrest, no matter how minor the crime...
Chemistry World January 5, 2015 Vicki Marshall	A forensic casebook: true life cases involving drugs and poisons William Allender spent over 30 years as a forensic toxicologist, providing testimony as an expert witness and advising on cases involving drugs and poisons. His book presents a selection of 20 cases he was involved with.
Chemistry World July 30, 2013 Maria Burke	Forensic science service closure criticized The justice system's ability to convict criminals is at risk following the closure of the UK's Forensic Science Service in March 2012, warn MPs.
Chemistry World July 25, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Lift-Off for Fingerprint Analysis UK researchers have demonstrated a new non-destructive method to collect and chemically interrogate fingerprints left at the scene of a crime.
Geotimes January 2005	Geomedia Forensic Geology on the Small Screen... "Evidence From the Earth," by Raymond C. Murray... "Earth Colors," by Sarah Andrews... South Dakota Mapping...
Chemistry World September 2007 Bea Perks	Fighting Food Fraud with Science Does your extra virgin olive oil come from a Tuscan grove? Is your cappuccino made from the finest Arabica beans? Meet some of the scientists subjecting our food's credentials to forensic examination.
Wired May 2002 Jacob Ward	Crime Seen Forensic science meets computer animation -- in the courtroom. Crime-scene reconstruction will never be the same...
CIO March 1, 2001 Matt Villano	IT Autopsy No longer an obscure component of network security, computer forensics has blossomed into a science all its own...
Salon.com March 17, 2000 Alicia Montgomery	Angels of justice Barry Scheck and Jim Dwyer talk about the Innocence Project, which has helped overturn eight wrongful convictions of death-row inmates.
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Susan Karlin	So You Want to be an Expert Witness Roger L. Boyell says forensic engineering is a great job if you can take the pressure.
Scientific American November 12, 2006 Sally Lehrman	Partial to Crime Families become suspects as government rules on DNA matches relax.
Information Today February 3, 2011	LexisNexis Introduces LexisNexis Litigation Profile Suite This is a dynamic set of capabilities that quickly reveals facts related to a case as well as information on key players involved to help legal professionals sharpen their litigation strategies, manage client expectations, and drive better outcomes for their cases.
Chemistry World December 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Editorial: Fiction failure Rare as it is for chemistry and its ideas to star in fiction, it's rarer still to find a story with a character who happens to be a chemist, but is also simply a well-rounded human being.
Chemistry World April 24, 2013 Rebecca Brodie	DNA, Russian opera and blue suede shoes Duncan Graham is professor of chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was recently appointed chair of the editorial board for Analyst, and will take up the role in 2014. His research areas include nucleic acid chemistry and synthetic chemistry for bioanalysis.
Salon.com July 10, 2002 Karin Halperin	Black-and-blue in ones and zeros Digital photography is revolutionizing the prosecution of domestic violence cases.
Scientific American August 21, 2006 Sally Lehrman	Missing No Longer An international commission forges ahead to identify genocide victims. The political situation is far from settled in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and ethnic and nationalistic tensions still simmer.
Chemistry World May 14, 2014 Rebecca Brodie	Hair elements distinguish ethnicity and gender A new forensic tool, being developed by scientists in Canada, uses a combination of spectroscopy and statistical analysis to determine a person's gender and ethnicity from a thread of head hair.
Reason February 2003 Ronald Bailey	Guilt Tip DNA testing and justice: Voters seem to agree that if the state is going to claim the awesome power to execute murderers, it should make every effort to insure that those it kills are in fact guilty.
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Kevin Davies	Bioinformatics and National Service A small bioinformatics company gets called into the national service.
IEEE Spectrum July 2010 Richard P. Mislan	Cellphone Crime Solvers Could the murder victim's BlackBerry lead to her killer? Increasingly, the answer is yes
Chemistry World January 14, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	Nuclear forensics A portable forensic device to detect nuclear isotopes intended for use in weapons has been made by scientists from Canada.
Searcher September 2003 Kenneth Fink	Criminology Web Sites: An Annotated "Webliography" This list may serve as an introduction to the many Web sites devoted to both the prosaic and exotic in the field of criminology.
Chemistry World June 2, 2014	Triple-stranded success story The 2014 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, Tom Brown's company, ATDBio, makes fluorescent oligonucleotides which are used in genetic analysis and diagnostics.
ifeminists January 24, 2007 Wendy McElroy	Overzealous Porn Prosecution Tramples Accused's Rights Due process was not championed as a protection against false accusations by a victim but as a shield against abusive prosecution by the State. The Founding Fathers knew that people sometimes lie but their focus was to limit the power by government.