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Mar 18, 1997
How psychological profiling can be used to catch criminals.
Apr 15, 1997
How crime scene photos can provide valuable clues during an investigation.
Apr 23, 1997
DNA can be used to convict or exonerate a person, identify criminals and victims, and can be collected in a variety of ways.
Apr 30, 1997
Bugs have roamed the earth for 250 million years, but their intimate association with death is just now coming to life. The kinds of insects on bodies, and their stage of development, can pinpoint time of death and help identify victims.
May 07, 1997
Forensic sculptors use skulls and clay to create models of victims' faces.
May 13, 1997
Modern technology is used to convict the killer of a teenage girl, linking a bloody shirt, a broken watch, and blood in the wheel well of the suspect. The second case starts with fragments of a skeleton found buried at a Boy Scout camp. Falsely believed to be Caucasian, the skull proved to be of Mongolian descent; a forensic reconstruction circulated on TV, etc., led to a bizarre story--including a body kept in the freezer before burial. The last case involves a parent abduction and computer "aging" of a child's picture which restored them to the custodial parent, ...
May 20, 1997
How forensics can find clues even in charred remains.
May 26, 1997
Finding clues in explosions.
May 30, 1997
In San Diego a serial killer who strangled 35-40 prostitutes, put them in garbage bags wrapped with tape, and disposed of them in dumpsters was not found until a Canadian lab was able to get prints from a plastic bag 6 years later. A Hollywood cold case file was solved by computerized fingerprint ID (AFIS), convicting a killer over 30 years later! A man in Vermont was skewered to the floor by a ski pole; the murderer had left bloody fingerprints on a door frame and a palm print on the pole, but raising them took an expert. The suspect was convicted--delivered into the...
Jun 06, 1997
Handwriting analysis can determine mood, motive, and many other psychological traits.
Jun 12, 1997
Flight Data Recorders can hold valuable clues to the last minutes of a doomed aircraft.
Jun 25, 1997
What forensics uncovered during the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
Jul 03, 1997
How ballistics can help identify cause of death, guns, and killers.
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The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science Season 2 (1997) is released on Mar 18, 1997 and the latest season 9 of The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science is released in 2003. Watch The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science is directed by Joe Wiecha,David Haycox,John Kavanaugh,J. Darin Wales and created by Steven Zorn with Gene Galusha and Frank McCaffrey. The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science is available online on Tubi TV and Fandor Amazon Channel.