Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers have developed the technique that converts lead ...

Crime-scene models with detailed measurements once took hours to collect. Now, law-enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to new technology to help speed up the work and better collect evidence ...

Lecturer in Criminology. Police and policing. Dept of Security Studies & Criminology, Macquarie University When you watch the news, one phrase usually comes up as soon as crime is mentioned: “police ...

Photoluminescent lead detection in gunshot residue. (A) Shooting firearms produces gunshot residue that typically contains lead particulates. (B) Methyl ammonium bromide in the reagent reacts with ...