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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

Gelman Research Guide (http://libguides.gwu.edu/forensics)

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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

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Certifications (Digital Forensics)

International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS)- Certified Electronic Evidence Collection Specialist (CEECS); Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)-Law Enforcement
" The International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners - Certified Computer Examiner
Guidance Software - ENCE
AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE)
SANS GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA)
EC-Council Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)

Crime Scene Investigation

Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification
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

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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

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Digital Crime Investigation

Computer Forensics, Cybercrime and Steganography Resources
CERIAS - Forensics Resources
Elsevier's Digital Investigation Journal, The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response
International Journal of Digital Evidence (IJDE)
CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey
CyberScience Laboratory Website
NIJ: Forensic Examination pdf
Covert Channels Report pdf
NIST SP 800-86 - Guide to Integrating Forensics Techniques into Incident Response
NIST SP-800-61  - Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
NIST Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) 
International High Technology Crime Investigation Association
HTCIA Mid-Atlantic Chapter
The International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS)
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (Digital and Media Division)
International Computer Security AssociationInternational Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS)
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA)
International Computer Security Association (ICSA)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
National White Collar Crime Center - Computer Crime Section
National Criminal Justice Reference Center
National Institute of Justice - Office of Science and Technology
The Justice Technology Information Network (JUSTNET)
The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center is a program of the National Institute of Justice.
Computer Security Technology Center
National Infrastructure Protection Center
http://www.fbi.gov/programs/lab/org/cart.htm
Defense Technical Information Center

Books:

Computer Forensics JumpStart. Michael Solomon, Neil Broom, & Diane Barrett. San Francisco: Sybex.
Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation. John R. Vacca. Hingham, MA: Charles River Media.
Hacking Exposed Computer Forensics: Secrets and Solutions. Chris Davis, David Cowen, & Aaron Philipp. New York: McGraw-Hill/Osborne
Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation (Mastering) (Paperback)
by Steven Anson (Author), Steve Bunting(Author)
Computer Forensics: Principles and Practices (Prentice Hall Security Series) (Paperback)
by Linda Volonino (Author), Reynaldo Anzaldua (Author), Jana Godwin (Author)
Incident Response and Computer Forensics, Second Edition (Paperback) by Chris Prosise, Kevin Mandia, and Matt Pepe (Paperback - Jul 17, 2003)
Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence (Hardcover)
by John J. Barbara (Editor)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Funding

Applying for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grants
NSA Center of Excellence Scholarships

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Miscellaneous

Forensic Knots Analysis
John F. Kennedy & Marilyn Monroe Papers
Institute for Canine Forensics
Books on Pathology & Death Investigation

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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)

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Security Studies

Federal Homeland Security Agencies and Organizations
State Homeland Security / Emergency Management Organizations
General Homeland Security Resources
Homeland Security Newsletter DirectoryAmerican Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International)
(IACSP) International Association For Counterterrorism & Security Professionals ...
International Association of Professional Security Consultants
International Security Management AssociationInternational Association of Security and Investigative Regulators (IASIR)
Internatinal Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA)
Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP)

Books
Introduction to Security, Eighth Edition by Robert Fischer and Edward Halibozek (Hardcover - Mar 14, 2008)
Security Operations Management, Second Edition by Robert McCrie (Hardcover - Dec 4, 2006)
Threat Assessment: A Risk Management Approach by James T. Turner and Michael Gelles (Hardcover - Jul 14, 2003)
Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Seventh Edition by Barry A.J.Fisher and Leroy D.Baca (April 2007)
The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Qaeda by Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin (Paperback - Aug 1, 2007)
Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind by Walter Reich and Walter Laqueur (Paperback - Sep 18, 1998)
Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues by Clarence Augustus Martin (Paperback - Feb 17, 2006)

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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

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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

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Off-campus resources:

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USA Jobs: The Federal Government's Official Jobs Site
International Association of Identification (IAI) Job Listings
American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) Employment Opportunities
National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) Job Listings
American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD) Employment Opportunities
Association of Forensic Science Students

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