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General Interest
Zeno's Forensic Page Carpenter's Forensic Science Links Crime & Clues Investigative Links Directory PBS: Nova Online --- Hot Science Library Forensic Science Webpage The Science of Crime (Whyfiles) The Police Officer's Internet Directory Forensic Science (about LLNL) The Forensic Scientist
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Crime Scene Investigation
FORENSIC INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES by Charles Wilelm Crime Scene Evidence Files Computers and the Science of Solving Crime Police Specialized Units Resource Directory Crime Scene Investigation Training In Crime Scene and Evidence Photography and Crime Scene Investigation The International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC) Crime & Clues: The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation Crime Scene and Evidence Photographer's Guide By Steven Staggs The Association of Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR) INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION (ICSIA) Fred Carter's Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Forensic Enterprises, Inc. Crime Scene Investigator by H.B. Baldwin Crime Scene Processing Protocol by H.B. Baldwin Crime Scene Interpretation by H.B. Baldwin
Toxicology
Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Forensic Drug Samples (SWGDRUG) OJP Community Capacity Development Office (formerly Operation Weed and Seed) Forensic Pharmacist CESAR Drug Information Database (Metnet) Drug Reform Coordination Network (RRC Net) NIDA International Program Forensic Chemistry Network Clinical Pharmacology Online The Vaults of Erowid - Drug Links The Vaults of Erowid: PSYCHOACTIVE PLANTS The Vaults of Erowid: MEDICINAL HERBS The Vaults of Erowid: GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (GHB) BBC News: UK Date Rape Drug Ban Controlled Substances: Uses & Effects Table NIDA Capsule Index MedicineNet Pharmacy Drug InfoNet - Newsfeed Chemical Online Martindale's BioScience & BioTechnology Center RxList - The Internet Drug Index RxList - The Internet Drug Index: Search by Tablet/Capsule Imprint Code Drug Data Base Chemistry Collection of Swanny's Swaggy The Chemist's Creed Chemistry of Opioid Analgesics Detecting Illegal Substances Volatile Organic Conpounds In Pharmaceutical Products And Biological Materials (Jan Schuberth) DEA Congressional Testimony on Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Flunitrazepam, Ketamine Controlled Substances Act (CSA) DEA Publications DEA Publications - FLUNITRAZEPAM (Rohypnol) National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) UNODC's Publications International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Home Page INCB List of Narcotic Drugs under International Control United Nation's Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) Canadian Center on Substance Abuse (CCSA) Web of Addictions Web Sites Related to Addictions Ira Wilsker's Law Enforcement Links to Drugs and Narcotics DHHS and SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Drug Information Association (DIA) AlphAware Legal Highs Smartbasic.com Drugs Glossary Healthopedia.com AllRefer Health Encyclopedia
Fingerprints
Latent-prints. com Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO) The Wisconsin Association for Identification Is Fingerprint Identification a "Science"? Processing for Latent Prints (Lightening Powder) Enhancement of Latent Prints in Blood (Minutiae) Sequential Processing of Latent Prints (Minutiae) Police play it by ear (Earprint Evidence) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Information SIRCHIE Finger Print Laboratories, Inc FORENSIC INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES by Charles Wilelm Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST) Ed German's Latent Prints Page Center for Forensic Studies (CFS), Texas Tech University The Cyanoacrylate Fuming Method Ed German's AFIS Links
Ballistics
ATF Laboratories Load From a Disk - Software for Ballistics Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ATF-IBIS Forensic Technology Forensic Firearms Identification, An Introduction Firearms Case Pofile Firearms Identification Distance Determination (Gunshot Residue Exam) Terminal Ballistics Marks Working Group Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE) EBV4 - Exterior Ballistics Software for the PC Rich's Firearms Page How do bullets fly? Spies: Ballistics Colins Home of Ballistics Firearms Tutorial Weapon Identification in Forensic Science, Belgium
Pathology
Forensic Pathology Index High-Technology Medical Awards Announced: National Library of Medicine Supports 24 Next Generation I Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Electronic Bookstore Institute of Forensic Medicine, Chengdu, China Journal of the Asociación Nacional de Médicos Forenses, Spain Leicester University Virtual Autopsy FORENSIC MEDICAL INVESTIGATION TRAINING COURSE Autopsy By Ed Friedlander, M.D., Pathologist LINKS OF INTEREST IN PATHOLOGY ANIL AGGRAWAL'S POPULAR FORENSIC MEDICINE PAGE Homepage of MEDICOLEGAL UPDATE Journal Douglas County Medical Examiner's Office National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) NSW Institute of Forensic Medicine Pathology & Forensic Medicine Links College of American Pathologists The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
Entomology
Forensic Entomology Pages, International Directory of World Wide Forensic Entomologists Entomology links Forensic Entomology Case Histories The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Using forensic entomology to determine whether the body has been moved after death Forensic Entomology References Forensic Entomology Home Page American Board of Forensic Entomology
DNA
What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence Human Genome News Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database SEROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Scientific Working Group DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) DNA typing in today´s forensic medicine and criminal investigations DNA as a forensic instrument Getting to Fast, Available, Inexpensive DNA Testing by Jeremy Travis, Director, NIJ The Third Annual Crime Mapping Research Conference, December 11-14, 1999, Renaissance Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida DNA Forensic Expert Witnesses and Consultants at ExpertPages Basics of DNA Fingerprinting By Kate Brinton and Kim-An Lieberman About Mitochondrial DNA (Terry Melton) NEW DNA QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARD HELPS ENSURE ACCURACY OF DNA PROFILING ATP Focused Program Tools for DNA Diagnostics DNA Self-Assembled Monolayers 1998 Tools For DNA Diagnostics Competition The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) The Natural History of Genes: Science Education Tools for Teachers and Students The European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) The DNA Files DNA & Forensics GENETICS RESOURCES Use of DNA in Identification, Dr. Eric S. Lander Genetics in Forensic Science for Non-scientists THE KILLER LEFT A TRACE Examiner Bias in Forensic RFLP Analysis By William C. Thompson People v. Marshall: The Legal Story by William C. Thompson DNA TESTING: AN INTRODUCTION FOR NON-SCIENTISTS An illustrated explanation by Donald E. Riley, Ph.D. National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence Books on DNA (Knowledge Solutions) The 1996 DNA Report of The National Research Council (Jerry C. Lyell) Proficiency Testing and the Estimation of Error Rates in Forensic DNA Laboratories (Jerry C. Lyell) Forensic DNA Homepage Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Case Studies FRONTLINE: Barry Scheck on DNA DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence - National Academy of Sciences Program in Statistical Genetics Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University Solicitation for Forensic DNA Lab Improvement Program Basic DNA Fingerprinting DNA Technology and Forensic Science, Banbury Report 32, Edited by John Ballantyne Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Documents
American Society of Questioned Documents Examiners (ASQDE) Home Page The Forensic Scientist Advances in Document Examination: The Video Spectral Comparator 2000 Handwriting Evidence Meets Reliability Criteria Graphology / Graphoanalysis - What is it? Forensic handwriting analysis: an analytical bibliography - Prof. Tom Davis, University of Birmingham, UK Forensic handwriting analysis in the UK Presentations - Forensic Document Examination Counterfeit U.S. Currency Abroad: Issues and U.S. Deterrence Efforts Dr. Richard Polt's Classic Typewriter Page The Electronic John Hancock Typewriter Man by Ian frazier, The Atlantic Monthly, Nov 97 Everson Typography Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking SCRIPOPHILY Foster & Freeman Home Page Document Examination
Criminal Law and Evidence
Expert Witness Network expertlaw.com Evidence: The True Witness Law Enfo Links CriminalJustice Links Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence Criminal Justice Mega-Links (Dr. O'Connor) Coplink - Forensic Links Carpenter's Criminal& Law Links
Societies, Organizations and Associations
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Forensic Science Society (UK) American Board of Criminalistics (ABC) Australian Forensic Science Society American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE) The Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR) INTERNATIONAL CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION (ICSIA) American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE) American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc. (ABFDE) American Chemical Society AOAC International American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) American Association of Blood Banks (AABS) Forensic Science E-Symposium The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) The Society of Forensic Toxicologists Microscopy Society of America (MSA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Funding
Applying for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grants
Miscellaneous
Forensic Knots Analysis John F. Kennedy & Marilyn Monroe Papers Institute for Canine Forensics Books on Pathology & Death Investigation
The George Washington University Department of Forensic Sciences 2036 H St., Samson Hall Washington, D.C. 20052 (202) 994-7319 e-mail: forsc@gwu.edu
