Internet Resources for Criminal Investigation

INTERNET RESOURCES FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
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GENERAL RESOURCES
Criminal Investigation Online Course - it also uses the Osterburg & Ward text
Crime Scene Investigator. Net - fantastic how to do it guides
Crime and Clues. Com - fantastic wealth of resources on criminal investigation
FBI Handbook of Crime Scene Search - from their Handbook of Forensic Services
NIJ Medico-Legal Steps to a Homicide Investigation - some 1999 guidelines
NIJ Guide to Crime Scene Investigation - some 2000 guidelines
Trace Evidence Recovery Guidelines - FBI manual for collecting trace evidence
Prof. Siegel's Forensic Lectures - from a Michigan State professor
Dr. Zeno's Forensic Site- an awesome collection of links
Forensic Science Timeline - the history of forensic science
Crime Scene Evidence File - a help-em-out site about cases under investigation
Forensic Science Resources in a Criminal Fact Investigation - Scott Carpenter's guide
Kruglick's Forensic Science and Law Site - extensive investigative resources
The Microscope Mega-Site - amazing things you can see

SPECIFIC LINKS USED IN ONLINE LECTURES
Lecture #1: Overview of Criminal Investigation
Pinkerton Burns
Wackenhut
Guardsmark
Wells Fargo
Allied Security
Search.org
Biography of August Vollmer
History of the American Society of Criminology
History of Fingerprints
History of Forensic Science Timeline
Lecture on Police Structure and Organization
MegaSite on Technology such as RMS Systems
Occupational Outlook Handbook for Private Detectives and Investigators
Vidocq: Master Criminologist
Vidocq Society's Life of Monsieur Vidocq
Sample Pages of The Origins of Crime Detection
Project Gutenberg Etext of Gross' Criminal Psychology
Sample Pages from the Art of Forensic Detection
Lecture #1a: Introduction to Crime Scene Analysis
Mincey v. Arizona
Article by John Douglas on Crime Scene Staging
All About Crime Scene Analysis by Katherine Ramsland
Crime and Clues. Com
Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement (NIJ 2000 Report)
Crime Scene Response 4-Part Guidelines from CSI. Net
Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator (NIJ 1997 Report)
Elyse's Comprehensive CSI Website
FBI's 2001 Crime Scene Search Handbook
International Crime Scene Investigators Association
Links for Crime Scene Photography
NCIT's Tips & Tricks on Crime Scene Sketching
Overview of Crime Scene Response Guidelines
RAND Corp. Report on Perimeters & Scene Control (pdf)
Searching & Examining a Major Case Crime Scene
Vendors of Crime Scene Equipment and Supplies
Sample pages of Death Investigation
Sample pages of Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook
Sample pages of Crime Science
Lecture #1b: Introduction to Criminalistics
Job Description of Criminalist
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
National Forensic Science Technology Center
College of American Pathologists
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Board of Criminalistics
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
Forensic Science Resources for a Criminal Fact Investigation
History of Forensic Science Timeline
Lecture on Daubert
International Association for Identification, California Division
Kruglick's Forensic Science & Criminal Law Site
Kruglick's Primer on Investigation of Forensic Evidence
The Microscope Mega-Site: Molecular Expressions
Why the Bertillon Anthropometric System Failed
Young Forensic Scientists Forum
Zeno's Forensic Site
Lecture #1c: Introduction to 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 #2: Arrest, Interrogation, and Confession
A Corel Presentations SlideShow on the Self-Incrimination Privilege (requires plug-in)
Applying Criminological Theory to Interrogation Themes
CourtTV's Online Chat with Dr. Peter Brooks
FindLaw: Fifth Amendment Rights
FrontLine: How Snitches are a Key Part of Prosecutorial Strategy
Innocence Project's Cases of False Confessions
Interrogating a Suspected Terrorist
John Reid on False and Coerced Confessions
Prof. Kassin's Articles on the Psychology of Police Interrogation & Confession
The Evolution of Voluntariness Standards
Transcript of Dr. Richard Ofshe's Testimony
You're Guilty Until Proven More Guilty
Lecture #2a: Police Identification Procedures
DNA Exonerations
Eyewitness Identification Recommended Procedures
How The System Works
Police Officers and Their Memory
Pretrial Release FAQ
Vera Institute
Lecture #2b: Police Lie Detection Procedures
International Association for Identification
Michigan State Police crime lab
Michigan State University Forensic Science program
Alaska v. Coon (1999)
American Polygraph Association
AntiPolygraph.org's Lie Behind the Lie Detector
Can You Beat a Polygraph?
Farwell Brain Fingerprinting
International Association for Identification
Journal of Credibility Assessment and Witness Psychology
Polygraph Law and Daubert
The Polygraph Place
Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing
Speech as a Biometric
Steven Cain's Voice Expert Homepage
Voice Identification: The Aural/Spectrographic Method
Lecture #2c: Informants, Surveillance, and Undercover Operations
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)
Tor and Anonymizer
Association of Undercover Officers
California Narcotic Officers Association
Competitive Intelligence and Internet Information Gathering
Constitutional Guide to Using Cellmate Informants
Governmentality and the War on Terror: FBI Project Carnivore
Home Page of Prof. Gary Marx
How to Spot Undercover Agents
International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts
International Association of Undercover Officers
Investigative Resources and Public Records on the Internet
Law of Undercover Operations
National Association of Legal Investigators
Police Use of Confidential Informants
Trace Anybody Online (Net-Trace People Search)
Undercover School Operations
Use of Informants in FBI Domestic Intelligence Operations (Cointelpro)
author (C. Fuller's) website
Lecture #2d: Probable Cause
School Searches
Draper v. U.S. 1959
Plain View and the Chimel Rule
Brinegar v. U.S.
Carroll v. U.S.
CourtTV Transcripts on Search & Seizure
Legal Updates from the North Carolina Justice Academy
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Nolo Press Guide on How to Tell if an Arrest is Legal
About.com Civil Liberties Guide to Search and Seizure
Nolo's Understanding Search and Seizure Law
NAAG School Search Reference Guide
NCJA Commentary on Draper v. U.S. (reasonable man test)
NCJA Commentary on Arizona v. Hicks (Plain View)
NCJA Commentary on Chimel v. California (Chimel Rule)
Lecture #3: Death Investigation
All About Pedophiles by Mark Gado
Anatomy of a Murder
Case Management of a Homicide Investigation
Crime and Clues Group Website
Crime Scene Investigator's Website
Drug-Facilitated Rape and Date Rape Drugs Resources
Dying and Death
FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
International Homicide Investigators Association
Medico-Legal Guidelines for Death Investigation
North Carolina's Sex Offender & Public Protection Registry
OVC Report on S.A.N.E. Programs
S.A.N.E./S.A.R.T. Home Page
The Varieties of Homicide and its Research (pdf)
Time Since Death
Criminal Behavior of the Serial Rapist
Understanding Motives and Developing Suspects in Unsolved Serial Rapes
Lecture #3a: Patterns and Trends in Violent Crime
BJS Report on Firearms Injuries
BJS Report on Homicide Trends
Bookmarks for Online Resources on Child Abuse
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Domestic Violence Information Manual
Homicide Research Working Group
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Marvin Wolfgang's Subculture of Violence Theory
OJP Office on Violence Against Women
National Consortium on Violence Research
PAVNET (Partnerships Against Violence Network)
Lecture #3b: 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 #4: Sex Crime Investigation
Free Spirits and NAMBLA
Rene Guyon Society and the Childhood Sensuality Circle
paraphilias
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Uniform Crime Reports
NCVS
Dissociative Identity Disorders and Checklist
PROTECT and Hank Giarretto
Bridgewater
Dateline To Catch a Predator
Watch Right
SNAP
phallometry
A Glossary of Terms Used in Treatment of Sex Offenders (pdf)
All About Pedophiles and Child Molesters
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM)
Child Molesters Who Abduct (pdf)
Deviant Desires.com
DSM-IV and the Paraphilias: An Argument for Removal
End Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse, Misuse, & Exploitation (pdf)
Free Spirits: Boylove on the Internet
Incest Survivors After Effects Checklist
In Search of an Etiological Model of Pedophilia
Intrafamilial (Incest) Child Abuse Resources
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Sexual Exploitation Page
Prevent-Abuse-Now.com
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Sinclair Seminars on Assessing Sex Offender Psychopathy
State, Federal, and International Sex Laws
Stop It Now: The Campaign to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
The Child Molesters by Nicholas Groth
The Pedophilia/Pedophile Education Web Site Mirror
Traits found in Potential Child Molesters
Treatment of Sexually Aggressive Behavior from a Theological Viewpoint
Voices in Action, Inc.
Lecture #5: Property Crime Investigation
Armed Robbery Page
BJS Property Crime Trends
Burglary Prevention Council
Colorado Association of Robbery Investigators
Culture of Joyriding in Australia
Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds
DOJ Report (pdf) on Residential Burglary
Eastern Armed Robbery Conference
FBI Guide to Toolmark Analysis
Financial Crimes
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial Scandals Site
International Association of Arson Investigators
Misconceptions of Harmful Behaviors Among Students
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Program
National Insurance Crime Bureau
National White Collar Crime Center
NW3C 2005 National Public Survey on White Collar Crime (pdf)
OJP Report on Financial Crimes
Powerpoint Slideshow on Larceny Theft
Preventing Crime at Places
Repeat Offender Programs
Sourcebook of CJ Statistics on Property Crime
Uniform Crime Reports
Who, What & Where of Street Crime
Lecture #5a: Arson Investigation
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
ATF Explosives Group/FBI Lab/FEMA's NAPI & USFA
ATF List of Explosive Materials
C.I.S. Fire & Arson Investigations Website
Combatting the Nation's Arson Problem
EKU's Fire and Safety Degree Program
FEMA's NAPI: Subject Matter: Arson
Fire and Arson Investigation Resource Page
IAAI's Fire Investigator's Checklist
InterFIRE.org
Legal Admissibility of Arsonist Profiling
Pyrotechnics FAQ
Strawberry Pop-Tarts as Incendiary Devices
T.C. Forensic
Technologies for Detecting Bombs & Explosives
The Terrorist's Handbook (web edition)
Volatile Organic Compounds
Lecture #6: Cybercrime and Cyberspace Law
Lecture on Privacy and Cyberspace Law
corporate espionage
CAIDA's map of Internet
Dictionary of Cyberpunk Slang
Lectures on Theft, fraud, and consumer fraud
CardCops
EscrowFraud.com
Director Freeh's testimony 2000
National Infrastructure Protection Center
Hacking and Industrial Espionage
Research study at Carnegie Mellon
Cybercrime, Justice, Law and Society
Cyberpunk Top 100 Sites
Cyberspace and the American Dream
Cyberterrorism: How Real is the Threat?
DHS National Infrastructure Protection Center
Federal Guidelines for Searching & Seizing Computers (1994)
Federal Guidelines for Searching & Seizing Computers (2001)
Hacking and Industrial Espionage
InfoSec and InfoWar Portal
Institute for Advanced Study of Information Warfare
MSNBC's Hacker Diaries
National Cybercrime Training Partnership
National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Prof. Rob Kling's Social Informatics web page
The Modus Operandi of Hacking
The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico
U.S. Dept. of Justice Cybercrime Section
What is CyberTerrorism?
White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Dorothy Denning's article on Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism
EFF article on Cyberspace
Lawrence Lessig's website
Lecture #6a: Disaster Data Recovery and Computer Forensics
Whois and BetterWhois
Webtracer
greylisting
CRC32 Checksum
MD5 Algorithm
Encase
SafeBack
Code Blue
Norton Ghost
PDBlock
Paul Oliver's File Format Glossary
S weepers 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 #7: Narcotics Crime Investigation and Intelligence Analysis
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
DEA
ATF
CBP
International Division
HIDTAs and RISS
Monitoring the Future study (MTF)
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
Drug Enforcement Administration
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONCDP),
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
(Drug Use Forecasting)
CaseRunner and i2 Corp
NDIC and EPIC
Drug Courier Profile Indicators
Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)
Drug Watch International
Future Synthetic Drugs of Abuse
Higher Education Center for Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention
LAPD's Drug Recognition Expert Unit
Meth Labs
National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information (NCADI)
RAND Drug Policy Research Center
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Lecture #7a: Organized Crime Investigation
RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization)
asset forfeiture
Intelligence Service of Canada
Casey Institute
Classic Financial Scandals & Organized Crime
Eastern European Organized Crime
GangLand: Mafia News & La Cosa Nostra & LCN Cities
Global Organized Crime Project
INTERPOL: Definitions of Organized Crime
Organized Crime: an annotated bibliography
Organized Crime Registry **
Ridgeway Center for Transnational Organized Crime
Russian Organized Crime
U.S. Treasury Dept: Following the Money
Yahoo's List of Organized Crime websites
Yakuza: a history & Yakuza: past and present
Lecture #7b: Gang Crime Investigation
www. gangsorus.com
StreetGangs.com
GrimReaper
National Gang Crime Research Center
A Photographic History of Gang Life in East L.A.
GangsOrUs.com
Hispanic L.A.-based Street Gangs
National Gang Crime Research Center
National Youth Gang Suppression Report
New York City's (GIU) Gang Intelligence Unit
OJJDP Overview on Youth Gangs
StreetGangs.com
Street Gang Dynamics
Lecture #8: Terrorism Investigation
Neighbors for Peace
AmeriDream
Cultural competence
Multiculturalism
Political correctness
Culture war
Anti-Arabism and Islamophobia
Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft
Haddad v. Ashcroft
ACLU
Lecture on Hearsay rule
A Marine Corps Primer on Cultural Sensitivity in Arab Lands
Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee
Attorney General Guidelines for the Interviewing of Terrorists
C.A.T. Eyes Website
FindLaw Criminal and Civil Terror Cases
George Soros Teaches the FBI Tolerance
Investigating Terrorism: The Role of the First Amendment
Lecture on Intelligence Analysis of Domestic Terrorism
Legal Challenges to the Absconder Apprehension Initiative (pdf)
Sample JTTF Community Help Announcement
SEVis.net and official DHS SEVIS website
Stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims
The Arab American Experience After 9/11 (pdf)
The Power of the President in Wartime Intelligence
Attorney General Guidelines on Domestic Security and Terrorism
Lecture #8a: Counterterrorism: Diplomatic and Intelligence Options
Agency for International Development
schools that offer a degree in peace studies
Norwich Univ.
George Washington Univ.
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
How al-Qaeda May End
G-8 Centre
ICC website
American Diplomacy
Counter-Terrorism Resources for Law Enforcement
DiploFoundation (www.diplomacy.edu)
ERRI Terrorism Archive
IACSP Association
International Policy Center on Terrorism
A Global Phenomena Mandating a Unified International Response
Legal Considerations on Terrorists as Combatants and POWs
Terrorism Research Center
U.S. State Dept. Office of Counterterrorism
Yahoo Full Coverage on Terrorism
sample pages of Berridge's Diplomacy
sample chapter of Inside Terrorism
Lecture #8b: Investigative Methods in Forensic Accounting
sample checklist
About.com Guide to Defamation Lawsuits
All About Qui Tam Lawsuits
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
CISSP Open Study Guide to Information Security Management
Consumer Sentinel
Drug Courier Profiling Checklist
Introduction to Crime Insurance
Kessler International Forensic Accounting
Nolo.com Article on Non-Disclosure Agreements
Nolo.com Privacy in the Workplace FAQ
Profiling an Internal Fraudster
Recent Developments in Fidelity Insurance
Toolkit on Fidelity Bonds
What You Should Know about Conflicts of Interest
Workplace Searches

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