Mary Hanson is a high school science teacher. She is also a reserve officer in her local police department. Student misbehavior, she likes to say, is rarely a problem in her class. A more serious ...

LANCASTER − One of the first things police officers do when responding to a crime is to investigate the crime scene itself. Local high school students learn how to do that if their school offers a ...

Yellow tape with the words “CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS” winds across classroom 209 in the Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning. It’s not an actual crime scene, however; Instead it's the scene of ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is genetic information inside the cells of the body that helps make people who they are. Its study has revolutionized forensic science by allowing law enforcement agencies ...

Southern Local High School students got a lesson in what it takes to be a crime scene investigator with a hands-on project in their forensics class. Teacher Mary Lou Taylor created seven crime ...

MONTPELIER − For students in Tahnee Cook’s forensics class at Bear Lake High School, learning about drugs and criminal investigation doesn’t stop at a textbook.

SAN DIEGO — Students at George Mason University in Virginia are learning forensic art techniques by working on an unidentified remains case from San Diego. The class, led by veteran forensic artist ...