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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A school year is 180 days, with no two days and no two schools exactly alike. The students differ, the teachers differ, school cultures differ. Here, our photographers find what makes our school days ...

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 ...

Police are heading back to the classroom as a new breed of criminals turns to the Internet to prey on unsuspecting victims. Across Europe and beyond, cyber investigators are being trained in computer ...

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 ...