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

If CSI and those other police procedural TV shows are to be believed, criminals don't have a chance. A finger smudge on a light switch, a flake of skin, or a sweat-stained fiber is all the information an investigator needs to positively identify the perpetrator and put him or her behind bars.