A study looking at how the conclusions of forensic anthropologists may be influenced by extraneous information highlights the importance of protecting all scientists from potentially biasing information. Forensic anthropologists determine the gender, national origin, and age of a person at the time of death. In some cases this determination must be based solely on skeletal …
Death Investigation
Database: Search NC death investigations since 2001
Mecklenburg adds money for death investigations
Database: Search NC death investigations since 2001
4 ways to improve N.C. death investigations
Interactive: N.C. death probes fall short of best practices
Post Mortem: Death Investigation in America
Investigative series compiled by Pro Publica, in partnership investigation with NPR and Frontline that looks at the nation’s 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and reports on problems identified with the system.
Study: Nearly one-third of all death certificates are wrong
The Handbook of Forensic Services (revised 2013)
U.S. Department of Justice, FBI Laboratory Division. Provides guidance and procedures for methods of collecting, preserving, packaging, and shipping evidence and describes the forensic examinations performed by the FBI’s Laboratory Division and Operational Technology Division.