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

Last updated: Sept. 30, 2006
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