Education Week

Forensics Courses Becoming Classroom Fixture

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 Eagle-Gazette

Criminal science and forensics class teaches students police investigative tactics

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 ...
Lane Report

EKU’s Forensic Science program shapes tomorrow’s investigators

Blood spatter analysis, fingerprint analysis, forensic serology and DNA analysis. While these processes are often shown and ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'Criminal Minds' forensics class launches at Milwaukee Public Schools this summer

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 ...
Morning Journal

Forensics class

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 ...
Log Cabin Democrat

Forensics class solves a case

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 ...