Evidence courts rely on in crime investigation may not be as accurate as we think: UBC study

Evidence courts rely on in crime investigation may not be as accurate as we think: UBC study

Fans of true crime shows hear the terms all the time: bloodstain patterns, ballistics evidence, and sniffer-dog searches. How reliable are these methods?

University of British Columbia - Sniffer dogs, bloodstain patterns and ballistics evidence under the microscope in new studies

CSI may have spawned innumerable spinoffs, but it turns out you can't trust TV -- or sniffer dogs: new research is questioning the scientific basis for the dogs' use by police, as well as aspe. . .