Forensics Follows New Clues

摘要

On television, all forensic technology fits into a standard plotline. Someone commits a brilliant, dastardly crime, and a team of romantically entwined investigators-with limitless access to cutting-edge tools-finds and collars the perpetrator in under an hour, with time for commercial breaks. Reality, of course, is considerably messier. The majority of criminals are not especially brilliant, but even their rudimentary efforts to cover their tracks can make an investigator's job infuriatingly difficult. New technology might help, but only if crime labs can adopt it without breaking their budgets or having to retrain an entire staff.