Original Release Date: December 17, 2020 In episode seven of the 2020 Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with John Vanderkolk and Marcus Montooth of the Indiana State Police to discuss erroneous identification and the Lana Canen case. In…
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Just Identifying Fingerprints Through Photographs
Original Release Date: December 11, 2020 In episode six of the 2020 Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Karen Oswald, Senior Evidence Specialist with the Suffolk County Police Department in New York, to discuss methods for identifying fingers…
Just the Grim Sleeper Serial Killer
Original Release Date: December 4, 2020 In episode five of the 2020 Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Rockne Harmon, forensic consultant and former senior deputy district attorney for Alameda County in California, to talk about familial DNA…
Just Fingerprints And Lasers
Original Release Date: November 27, 2020 In episode four of the 2020 Case Studies Season, Just Science sat down with forensic consultant, author, and instructor Brian Dalrymple to discuss his research and impact on the field of latent print identification.…
Just the Jodi Arias Case
Original Release Date: November 20, 2020 In episode three of the 2020 Case Studies Season, Just Science sat down with Heather Conner, Latent Print Unit Technical Leader in Mesa Police Department’s Forensic Services, about the investigation of a grisly murder…
Just the Story Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Original Release Date: November 13, 2020 In episode two of our 2020 Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Erin Sims, Forensic Lab Manager at the Lincoln, Nebraska Police Department, about bloodstain pattern evidence in forensic investigations. Not all…
Deaths in Custody: A Comprehensive Review
← Back to MDI Webinar Series We are thrilled to offer ABMDI Continuing Education Credits for this webinar. See below for details. This webinar originally occurred on December 2, 2020 Duration: 1 hour Overview Join the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner…
2020 SWAFS Virtual Conference
Overview In October 2020, the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) helped the Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS) host their first virtual conference. This event, which saw over 1,400 unique attendees across three days, covered a multitude of topics…
Just Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior
Original Release Date: November 6, 2020 Criminal investigations often necessitate the application of a multitude of forensic disciplines. While some cases can be solved by a single piece of evidence, most have a myriad of evidence types to forward and investigation. Bloodstains, DNA…
Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning Working Group for Criminal Justice Applications, First Meeting Report
Date July 2020 Overview On February 27 and 28 of 2020, The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in partnership with the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) at RTI International, convened the first meeting of the Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning (TLS)…