The bacterial composition of our genital microbiome is as unique as we are, and it's transferred during sex, according to new ...

Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...

Self-swab DNA testing could put rape survivors "at risk", forensic experts say, with a leading lawyer adding he is "horrified ...

Definitively convicting rapists is only possible thanks to one woman's efforts to create a forensic chain of evidence. A new book explores the rape kit and how we still fail survivors ...

A man has been charged more than 35 years after a woman was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in Washtenaw County.

Some lawmakers had demanded the Colorado Bureau of Investigation show a clear plan to resolve the 500-day wait for test ...

The San Jose Police Department is hoping to generate new leads in sexual assault cold cases by resubmitting hundreds of rape ...

Colorado state Rep. Jenny Willford pushes for faster DNA testing of rape kits, addressing backlog and concerns over agency ...

The issue: the ability of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to retest DNA, including for rape kits, tied to its former ...