Tag: forensic science
200 taxis broken into in Munich, suspect in custody – Munich
From mid-July to early October 2023, the Munich police counted more than 200 burglaries in taxis. The police have now caught the alleged perpetrator and the 22-year-old is in custody.…
Fingerprints are less unique than assumed: implications for crime investigation – knowledge
Fingerprints are unique, you learn that even as a child – at least when you are familiar with “Sherlock Holmes”, the “three ???” or other detective stories grew up. The…
Fingerprints are less unique than assumed – knowledge
Fingerprints are unique, you learn that even as a child – at least when you are familiar with “Sherlock Holmes”, the “three ???” or other detective stories grew up. The…
Can you tell gender by smell? – Knowledge
DNA is essential for solving many crimes. In the future, the smell of a human being could become even more relevant for forensics than it has been up to now.…
Environmental Research: Human DNA as Bycatch – Knowledge
Microplastics have made it to every corner of the world. It is found in ice shelves as well as in the lianas of the tropics. Similar to plastic with its…
The Haar Forensiktheater plays “The Captain of Köpenick”. – Munich
The fixed trigger reveals the forgery. Otherwise, the wooden gun that Bernd Wengert is trying to shoulder in the society building of the forensic Kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum looks deceptively real. In any…
Local politics and forensic linguistics? In Bamberg it goes together. – Bavaria
Forensic linguistics is something that local politicians don’t need to have on a regular basis. why? This special discipline of linguistics attempts to assign confession letters, blackmail letters or wills…
Crime: "The experts provide a certainty in court that does not exist"
Forensics often gives the impression that they are almost infallible. Why misjudgments are often made in the scientific investigation of crime scenes – and how expert opinions can ruin lives.…
Homicide Suicides: A Crime Difficult to Understand – Panorama
In Königs Wusterhausen, a man recently killed his wife, children and himself. In such cases, criminologists speak of homicide-suicide. Can such acts be prevented? About a crime that is difficult…
Drug consumption? Birth control pills? What the sweat on your fingers reveals. – Knowledge
From drug use to diet: Just a little sweat is enough to learn what chemically happened in a person’s body. Anyone who touches something leaves traces. Fingerprints have been used…