New Forensics Methods Looking More Like CSI: Rapid DNA Analysis, Proteomics, and New Technology Increasingly Impact Forensics Investigations

In this paper rapid DNA analysis, proteomics, and new technology increasingly impact forensics investigations. It was the fast-moving technological advances in firearms, bloodstain, and other forensic analyses, as well as crime scene reconstruction, that led UNH to pursue the idea of a graduate program in forensics technology. At the same time, law enforcement agencies had begun to see the necessity of specially trained individuals who understand the capabilities and limitations of the technologies and can put them to best use. UNH spent three years on curriculum development and added four new faculty members and about US$1 million worth of high-tech equipment to get the program going. The first class in its forensics technology master of science program graduated in May 2017.