Quantitative Matching of Forensic Evidence Fragments using 3D Fracture Surface Topography

Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Duration: 1 hour Overview Fractured fragments with jagged and irregular surfaces, discovered at crime scenes, are identified as “being a match” using comparative microscopy and physical pattern analysis. The…

Forensic Professional Wellbeing Toolkit

Overview Forensic professionals often work in dynamic and atypical environments, where they are exposed to sensitive case details, work closely with law enforcement counterparts, and are required to make important decisions quickly. As a result, forensic professionals are vulnerable to…

Just Using Inadvertently Photographed Ridge Detail as Evidence

Original Release Date: November 22, 2024 In episode two of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Tim Fayle, Training Capability Lead for IDEMIA Australasia and Chair of the International Association for Identification’s Latent Print Certification Board, to…

Physical Characteristics of Spatter Stains on Textiles

This webinar originally occurred on December 12, 2023 Duration: 1 hour Overview Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) is a forensic technique for crime scene reconstruction, through analyzing bloodstains (e.g., size, shape, etc.) and their patterns (e.g., distribution, location, etc.) to recreate…

Just Facial Recognition for Forensic Investigations

Original Release Date: November 10, 2023 In episode 6 of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Richard Vorder Bruegge, Senior Physical Scientist at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to discuss how facial recognition technology was used…

Just Forensics in the Digital Age

Original Release Date: November 3, 2023 In episode five of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Justin Schorr, Principal Collision Reconstruction Engineer, and Tim Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst, at DJS Associates, Inc. to discuss utilizing digital…

ASCLD All Resources

Overview Through a partnership with the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD), the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence has provided a variety of webinars, podcasts, reports, and tools covering a wide array of topics. Webinars ASCLD Train the Director…

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Digital and Multimedia Forensics: The Impact of Disturbing Media

← Back to Series This webinar originally occurred on August 28, 2019 Duration: 1 hour Overview Within the law enforcement and digital forensics communities, people will say, “What do they expect? It’s part of the job – they should be…