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How Do CSI’s Locate Evidence?
The CSI will usually have to first secure the crime scene, which means blocking the scene from public access, as well as from personnel who do not need to gain immediate access to the scene. This first...
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Cop’s Corner: Introduction
DERWIN J. BRADLEY Law Enforcement/Counterterrorism I recently wrote and published a book entitled Black and Blue: Understanding Modern Law Enforcement In Your America. The book was written to try and...
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Cop’s Corner: Domestic Violence
Who is the typical Primary Aggressor? DERWIN J. BRADLEY Law Enforcement/Counterterrorism I’m sure you all remember the incident where singer Chris Brown battered his girlfriend Robyn Rihanna Fenty,...
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John Dillinger: Dead or Alive?
John Dillinger’s death mask Much of the controversy surrounding Dillinger’s death has to do with the post-mortem identification of his body. There are some who believe that the individual who was shot...
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Murder Mystery: The Fortune and The Unfortunate
Click for Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3 Part 4: The Forensics Report By the time Detective Shane had finished his interviews, the sun was already starting to rise over the eastern horizon. The media had...
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Melvin Purvis: The Man Who Took Down Dillinger
Melvin Purvis, the federal agent credited with capturing the most public enemies ever, including Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson Melvin Purvis is most famous for his lead role in...
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Did you know…
There is a rare genetic condition out there where people are actually born without fingerprints! Some people are born with a defect to the protein keratin 14, which researches say is important in fetal...
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What is a Polygraph?
A polygraph, most commonly referred to as a lie detector, is a machine that is used by law enforcement to test the physiological responses of individuals to certain questions. Despite its colloquial...
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Art Forgery
What is art forgery? For the most part art forgery is the creating and or selling of works of art that are falsely attributed to an artist that did not create the piece of art. This can involve...
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Did you know…..
That when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911 it was fingerprint evidence that led to the capture of her thief? In 1911 the Mona Lisa was unceremoniously stolen off the Louvre...
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Shopping for a Bargain, Shopping for an arrest
When Fannie Henson of Virginia found a man’s lost wallet she must have thought it was her lucky day. She took one of the man’s credit cards and ran up almost $400 in charges from a gas station and a...
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What are Art Crimes?
The museum just opened its newest temporary exhibit called Art Crimes: Crimes in the Arts, which may lead some to wonder “What is art crime?”. There are many different types of art crime, including...
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Ingmar Guandique Found Guilty in Chandra Levy Case
On Monday, El Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique was found guilty of murdering Washington intern, Chandra Levy in 2001. After nearly four days of deliberating, the jury made up of nine women and...
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Elizabeth Smart Shaken by Doctor’s Testimony
On June 15, 2002, Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah. Smart was only 14 years old at the time. Nine months after her abduction, Smart was found alive...
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Pardonnez-moi? Billy the Kid Not Granted Pardon
Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, declined to pardon Western outlaw Billy the Kid during his last hours in office. The pardon was on behalf of the killing of Sherriff William Brady in 1878. What...
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Bin Laden’s Death; Justice for All
Osama Bin Laden, a name that strikes fear in to American hearts and the hearts of our allies, is dead. A man that has been haunting the spirit of our nation for the last decade was killed in mere...
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CSI Camp
The National Museum of Crime and Punishment is pleased to offer a brand new CSI Summer Camp! Five days long, this day camp offers a chance to investigate the murder of Dead Fred using real forensic...
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The Smoking Pen: How forensic linguistics can link a suspect to a crime
A little-known but fascinating field within the forensic sciences, forensic linguistics can be applied to many different types of cases. The field involves the study of language as applied to the law,...
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CSI Boot Camp!
On August 18th the Museum is holding a 1-day version of our CSI Camp for ages 12 and up. In one day you’ll learn everything involved in a criminal investigation, from the crime scene investigation to...
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“The Dumbest Thing Ever”
In an apparent attempt to outdo the Columbine massacre, 17-year-old Jared Cano of Tampa laid out a step-by-step plan in his journal to set off a homemade bomb in the school that expelled him, including...
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