General Links of Interest

05-06

 General Forensics Links of Interest

Here are some general links and resources that may be of help or interest to you:

• Crime Scene Investigator: http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/
• Has some protocols, articles, links to training in fornesics as well as some general forensic links.
• A really valuable resource for assessing the admissability of evidence - lots of links to articles on a wide variety of forensic tools and methods: http://forensic-evidence.com/site/MasterIndex.html
• Zeno’s Forensic Site: http://forensic.to/forensic.html
• Packed with links to all areas of forensics
• The American Academy of Forensic Scientists: http://www.aafs.org/
• The “official” professional organization of forensic scientists in the US
• A list of links in the Yahoo! Directory: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/forensics
• Official page of the American Board of Forensic Odontology: http://www.abfo.org/
• Of particular interest to those interest in the forensic use of dental record, bite mark analysis, identification of human remains, etc.
• A link that describes the Daubert Standard
  • http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/425/425lect02.htm
• http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/
• Good site for how to use bones to determine age, race, trauma etc
• http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/
• Eskeletons – EXCELLENT site. Can view human bones in 3D as well as bones of other animals
• http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/
• Good general site. Very comprehensive but doesn't get into a lot of specific detail. Nice and clean - and put together by teenagers!

• http://www.forensic-entomology.com/
• Good general introduction to the use of insects in forensic science.

• http://www.clpex.com
• Good site for latent fingerprint examination as well as some interesting animations.
• http://www.le.ac.uk/pathology/teach/va/welcome.html
  • The Virtual Autopsy. Detailed and clinical, but interesting.
• http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/
  • HBO's Autopsy series. Good stuff!
• http://www.key-net.net/users/swb/forensics/int.htm
  • A nice link on forensic entomology, and particularly useful info on raising flies.
• http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/trace/3.html?sect=21
• http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2000/deedric3.htm
  • Two good links on hairs and fiber analysis.
• http://www.tcamb1.com/forensicscience.htm
  • A number of great links to many fields of forensics
• Comparison of animal hairs and human hairs
  • http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2004/research/2004_03_research02.htm
• A good link on fingerprints and identification of minutae
  • http://www.policensw.com/info/fingerprints/finger08.html
• Apply your forensic expertise to solve crimes online.
  • http://www.crimescene.com/
• This link should be useful in helping you find case studies.
  • http://www.crimelibrary.com/
• A website devoted to the Daubert Standard
  • http://www.daubertontheweb.com/
• The Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners
  • http://www.swafde.org/links.html

• http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/

  • Good site for how to use bones to determine age, race, trauma etc
• http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/
  • Eskeletons – EXCELLENT site. Can view human bones in 3D as well as bones of other animals
• http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/
  • Good general site. Very comprehensive but doesn't get into a lot of specific detail. Nice and clean - and put together by teenagers!
• http://www.forensic-entomology.com/
• Good general introduction to the use of insects in forensic science.
• http://www.clpex.com

• Good site for latent fingerprint examination as well as some interesting animations.

 ** Send me any additional links of interest that you find and I'll add them to this list.