INTERNET RESOURCES FOR MEDICOLEGAL
FORENSICS
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GENERAL RESOURCES
Forensic Panel - an online
publication, consulting, and science-law interface site
Forensics Portal - news, events,
discussions, and careers in forensic science
Forensic Science e-symposium -
forensic science industry intelligence
Kruglick's Forensic Resources and Criminal Law
- a mega site that's quite deep and well organized for forensic science,
investigation, and legal research
Reference Manual on
Scientific Evidence - a good reference source from the federal government
Zeno's Forensic Site - a site
that is extremely popular in forensics
Forensic Science
Resources for a Criminal Fact Investigation - a great bibliography
Forensic Science
Timeline - the history of forensic science
Alcohol
Detection & Breath Tests - all about how to beat drunk driving charges
American College of Forensic Examiners - a
site with many explanations of various sciences
Evidence: The True Witness -
guide to various forensic fields of study
Crime Scene
Response & Photography - a police photography site and more
Forensic Art - a site on
the topic of police artistry
Forensic Artist - another great site on
forensic art
Forensic
Entomology - site on the contribution of entomology (insects)
Forensic Psychology - a site on everything about the contributions of
psychology
Scientific Testimony:
The Online Journal - links on forensic topics
SPECIFIC LINKS USED IN ONLINE LECTURES
Lecture Group #1-1a: Experts and Admissibility under Daubert
Claims.com
ExpertPages.com
Ewitness.com
Zeno's Forensic Site
Blog 702
Daubert on the Web
Daubert Tracker from MDEX Online
Lecture #2: Criminalistics
Los Angeles County job
description
RAND Report on Admitting
Scientific Evidence
American Academy of
Forensic Sciences web site
American Society of
Crime Laboratory Directors
National Forensic Science Technology
Center
College of American Pathologists
American Board of
Criminalistics
Dr. Kruglick's Primer on Investigation of Forensic Evidence
Forensic Science Resources for a Criminal Fact Investigation
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Board of Criminalistics
American Society of Crime Lab Directors
Association of Firearms and Tool Mark Examiners
ATF Laboratories Home Page
California Association of Criminalists
Canadian Society of Forensic Science
Consulting and Education in Forensic Science
FBI Lab's Journal of Forensic Science Communication
History of Forensic Science Timeline
International Association for Identification, California Division
Kruglick's Forensic Science & Criminal Law Site
The Microscope Mega-Site: Molecular Expressions
Why the Bertillon Anthropometric System Failed
Young Forensic Scientists Forum
Zeno's Forensic Site
Lecture #2a: Crime Scene Reconstruction
Article
on Crime Scene Reconstruction as the Basis of Behavioral Evidence Analysis
Article on Inductive and Deductive Profiling Techniques
Craig Ball's Ten Commandments
of Demonstrative Evidence
Crime-Scene-Investigator. Net
Crime Scene Reconstruction and the Criminal Profiler
Law-Forensic.com's Crime Scene Reconstruction Links
Shooting Reconstruction versus Shooting Reenactment
SoYouWanna Avoid Common Logic Errors
The Criminal Mind is a Reptilian Mind
The Visual Evidence
Center's Chart on Planning Demonstrative Evidence
Lecture #2b: Forensic Pathology
How an Autopsy is Done (and
Internet Autopsy Links)
Lido.com: Forensic Medicine Images for Trial Exhibits
National Association of Medical Examiners
Reddy's Forensic Pathology Links
Lecture #2c: Forensic Odontology
ABFO and
ASFO
Bureau of Legal Dentistry and
Strange but True Stories
Dr. Robert Dorion's Forensic Dentistry Homepage
Forensic Odontology: An Overview
Human and Animal
Bitemark Management
Inter. Org. for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology
Univ. of Pitt's Dentistry Resources
Univ. of Queensland Odontology Links
U.S. Armed Forces Forensic Dentistry Detachment
Lecture #2d: Forensic Anthropology and Entomology
Forensic
Anthropology MegaSite
ABFA (American Board of Forensic Anthropology)
Cal-State Chico Forensic Anthropology Program
Crime and Clues: Forensic Anthropology
The Forensic Entomology Website
Forensic Entomology International
Kruglick's Facial Reconstruction Links
Outline of Forensic Archeology
UNC Wilmington's Forensic Anthropology Advising Page
Univ. of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center
Meterological information as an aid in investigation
Archeological Excavation Procedures
The FACES website
America's Most Wanted
Lecture #3: Impressions, Fingerprints & Trace Evidence
NIST image database for
pictures
Collecting &
Preserving Blood Evidence from a Crime Scene
DNA 101
FBI Manual for Collecting Trace Evidence
Fight the Fingerprint
Footwear, The Missed Evidence
Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks
History of Fingerprints
International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
Legal Challenges to Fingerprints
Nolo Guide to Fingerprint Evidence
Sample Pages of Fingerprints
Lecture #4: Forensic Microanalysis
ABC Trace Evidence
Specialty Examination Guides
Commercial WWW Sites for Microscopy & Microanalysis
Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks
Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory (gov. labs)
Microbeam Analysis Society
Microscopy Society of America
Univ. of Illinois Center for Microanalysis
Univ. of Maryland Center for Microanalysis
U.S. Dept. of Energy,
Office of Basic
Energy Sciences
Jeffrey MacDonald case and
Wayne Williams case
Graduate programs in forensic
science
NLECTC
FBI
SEARCH
Lecture #5: Forensic Toxicology
Alan Barbour's Forensic Toxicology Page
WWW Virtual Library: Forensic Toxicology
California Association of Toxicologists
American Board of Forensic Toxicology
Future Synthetic Drugs of Abuse
International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
LAPD's Drug Recognition Expert Unit
Society of Forensic Toxicologists
What
is a Forensic Pharmacist and How to
Become a Pharmacist
Lecture #6: Forensic Serology
A Bachelor's Degree Program in Forensic Serology
A Master's Degree Program in Forensic Science
Antibody Profiling (Blood Stains lead to Bar Codes)
Blood
Stain Analysis (pdf file)
Catalog of
Presumptive Blood Test Kits & Serology Kits
Collection and
Preservation of Blood Evidence from Crime Scenes
Determining Gene
Frequencies from Blood Typing [previous
article]
History of Forensic Serology
Journal of American Society of Hematology
Sample
Forensic Serology Report
World BloodBank Breakdown of
Racial & Ethnic Distributions
Lecture #6a: Arson and Explosives
ATF Explosives Group/FBI
Lab/FEMA's NAPI &
USFA
ATF List of Explosive Materials
C.I.S. Fire & Arson Investigations Website
EKU's Fire and Safety Degree Program
Fire and Arson Investigation Resource Page
IAAI's Fire Investigator's Checklist
Pyrotechnics FAQ
Strawberry Pop-Tarts as Incendiary Devices
T.C. Forensic
Technologies for Detecting Bombs & Explosives
Volatile Organic Compounds
The Anarchist's Cookbook and
Terrorist's Handbook
Lecture #6b: Firearms and Ballistics
About.com's List of Ballistics Resources
An Introduction to Forensic Firearms Identification
The Coalition to Stop GunViolence
David Basiji's Web Ballistics Homepage
Fr. Frog's Introduction to Ballistics
Firearms Tactical Institute's Tactical Briefs
Gun Shot Residue Dynamics
How Do Bullets Fly?
Jeff Chan's Guide to Internet Firearms Information Resources
Virginia DFS/Firearms & Toolmarks Website
Image library of firearms
Lecture #7: DNA Typing and Identification
Glossary of
DNA terminology
About.com: Law Guide to DNA Evidence
Barry Scheck's Innocence Project and
Innocence Project Northwest
Basics of DNA Fingerprinting
Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science
Criminal Justice Implications of the Human Genome Project
DNA "Junk Science" Freeing Scores of Inmates
DNA Testing: An Introduction for Non-Scientists
Examiner Bias in Forensic RFLP Cases/People v. Marshall
Frontline: Innocence, How Far will the DNA Revolution Go?
National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence
NCSU Program in Statistical Genetics and
Statistical Genetic Links
Postconviction DNA Testing: Handling Requests
Prof. David Kaye's WebPage
1996 DNA Report of the National Research Council (NRC II)
The Unrealized Potential of DNA Testing
Justice Dept.
Guidelines on postconviction exoneration
Human Genome Project
Privacy concerns
CODIS Link #1
and Link
#2)
List of DNA Crime
Laboratories in the United States
Cellmark Diagnostics
Lecture #8: Questioned Document Examination
American Society of Questioned Document
Examiners
Bart Bagget's MyHandwriting.com
Free Handwriting Analysis Software
Graphology, Graphoanalysis, and Handwriting Analysis
Handwriting Analysts Group
Judd Robbins Computer Forensics Website
Norwitch Document Laboratory Home Page
Preparing for a Daubert Hearing (with Handwriting Evidence)
Questioned Document Examination Page of Emily J. Will
Speckin Forensic Laboratories
Famous cases solved by QDE
Dreyfus affair
Hauptmann and the Lindbergh Kidnapping
Hitler Diary
Irving's forgery
of Howard Hughes
Lecture #8a: Computer Forensics
Whois and
BetterWhois
Webtracer
greylisting
CRC32
Checksum
MD5 Algorithm
Encase
SafeBack
Code Blue
Norton Ghost
PDBlock
Paul Oliver's File Format Glossary
Sweepers
and scrubbers
Admissibility of Electronic Evidence
Anderson's Importance of Documentation in Computer Evidence Processing
Federal Guidelines for Searching and Seizing Computers
Forensic Science Resources in a Criminal Fact Investigation
Hard Disk Logical Structures and File Systems
Knowledge Solution's Digital Evidence & Computer Crime Resources
Overview of Securing a Computer Incident Crime Scene
Searching & Seizing Computer Evidence in Criminal Investigation
Michael Anderson's New
Technologies, Inc.
Sample pages of PC Technician Book
Sample pages of Hardware Bible
EnCase
Guidance Software, Inc.
Maresware
AccessData Corporation
Rainbow Technologies
Learning by Doing
GIAC
Article on Computer Forensics Procedures
NIJ Test Results
on Computer Forensic Tools
Lecture #8b: Forensic Geology [no links]
Lecture #8c: Forensic Nursing [no links]
Lecture #8d: Forensic Psychology
Hugo Munsterberg
On the Witness Stand
J. McKeen Cattell
The M'Naghten
test
Pathological Lying, Accusation, and Swindling
Hans Eysenck
SUNY-Albany school of criminal justice
John Jay college of criminal justice
Nova Southeastern
University's doctoral programs in psychology
American Psychological
Association's statistics on graduation rates
North Carolina Psychology License
Board
Clinical vs.
Counseling Psych: What's the Diff?
Wikipedia article on brain
damage
APA pdf position paper on allowing psychologists to dispense drugs
Quackwatch
article on allowing psychologists to dispense drugs
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Psychology Service
Online
forensic psychology dictionary
Wrongful
convictions
AAFP American Academy of Forensic Psychology
AAPL: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
APA: American Psychological Association
APA Division 41 (American
Psychology-Law Society)
Carpenter's TnCrimLaw Forensic Psychology links
DANA Foundation Brain Research site
David Willshire's Forensic Psychology Links
Donald Franklin's Forensic Psychology Online
Forensic Psychology Assessment Center
Forensic Psychology Suite101.com
Forensic Psychology Web
Founders of
Neurology & Neuroscience
Graduate Programs in
Psychology and Law Related Programs
Harold Bursztajn's Forensic-Psych.com
Hooper's Psychiatry and the Law
How to Cross Examine a Psychologist
IAAP: International Association of Applied
Psychology
Neuroscience on the Internet
Psychiatry and Law Updates
So You
Want to Become a Forensic Psychologist
Swenson's Forensic Psychology Website
The Subfields
and Areas of Psychology
The Ultimate Forensic Psychology Database
What is
Forensic Psychology: It's not Silence of the Lambs
Sample Testimony of a Psychological Expert on Occult Crime
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