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Accident Investigation

Accident Reconstruction Links

Accident Reconstruction Resources

Forensic Accident Reconstructionists of Oregon

Motor Vehicle Reconstruction Resources

Skid Distance Table

Skidmark Analyzer for Crash Investigation at Doug's Site

Skidmark Calculator

Skidmark Evidence

Steve's Resource Index

TARO The Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Traffic Accident Investigations

Traffic Accident Reconstruction Reference Library

TARSearch.com

 

Arson Investigation

Aluminum Wiring Information Website

Arson Dogs

Arson & Explosives National Repository

ATF - ATF Publications - main page

Boston FireBuff Web Site

CAD Zone drawing software for Police, Fire and Insurance Industries

California Conference of Arson of Investigators

Detection of Arson Accelerants Using SPTD

Fire Administration, U.S.

Fire & Arson Investigation Information Website

Fire Cause and Origin Investigation

Fire Investigators Dictionary - Wörterbuch für den Brandursachenermittler

Fire Protection Engineering: Organizations, Resources, Tools

Fire Protection Engineering: Standard Operating Procedures and Safety Guidelines

FireNet Electronic Pages (Index)

Survey of Forensic Laboratories: Technical Working Group for Fire and Explosions

International Association of Arson Investigators Homepage

International Association of Fire Fighters

K-9 Accelerant Detection / Canine Fire Investigation

National Fire Protection Assoc

Perna's Arson Page

Portable Arson Sampler

T.C. Forensic: Article 3 - Is it an accidental fire or arson?

T.C. Forensic: Article 9 - The Science & "Art" of Fire Investigation

TC Forensic's Fire Investigation Links

Technical Working Group for Fire and Explosions (TWGFEX)

Utilizing an Accelerant Detection Dog

Volatiles in postmortems used as sign of arson & in pharmaceuticals as sign of drug copy

 

Associations & Organizations

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (PTSD - Trauma )

American Academy of Forensic Science

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Ethical Guidelines

American Association of Emergency Medicine

American Board of Criminalistics

American Board of Forensic Anthropology

American Board of Forensic Entomology

American Board of Forensic Odontology

American Board of Forensic Psychology

American Board of Forensic Toxicology

American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Inc.

American Chemical Society

American College of Forensic Examiners

American College Of Neuropsychopharmacology

American Polygraph Association

American Psychoanalytic Association

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society (APS)

American Society for Nondestructive Testing

American Society for Quality

American Society for Testing & Materials Technical Standards

American Society of Crime Lab Directors

American Society of Forensic Odontology

Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction

Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners

Association of Forensic Auto Theft Examiners

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

Association of Police Surgeons

ASTM: International Directory of Testing Laboratories, 1998

Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences

British Association for Forensic Odontology

British Psychological Society

California Association of Criminalists

California Association of Polygraph Examiners

California District Attorneys Association

Canadian Society of Forensic Science

Canadian Society of Forensic Science WebSite

College of American Pathologists

Dental Anthropology Association

Directory of Hi-Tech Organizations in the Engeneering & Medical/Life Sciences

Evidence Photographers International Council

Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

Forensic Science International

Forensic Science Society

Forensic Search Advisory Group

International Association of Arson Investigators Homepage

International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts

International Association of Forensic Toxicologists

International Association for Craniofacial Identification

International Association for Identification

International Association for Property and Evidence

International Crime Scene Investigator's Association

International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics

Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association

National Academy of Forensic Engineers Home Page

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences

National Association of Forensic Economists

National Association of Medical Examiners

National Board of Forensic Chiropractors

National Forensic Science Technology Center

National Institute of Forensic Science (Australia)

New Jersey Association of Forensic Scientists

Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Inc.

Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists

Northwest Bloodstain Pattern Association

Royal Society of Chemistry

Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Society for Pediatric Pathology - SPP Publications

Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB)

Society for Neuroscience

Society of Biological Psychiatry

So. California Assoc. of Fingerprint Officers

Vidocq Society Homepage

Washington Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners

What and Who is TWGFAST

 

Crime Scene Investigation

Animated Reconstructions

Assoc. for Crime Scene Reconstruction

Baldwin's Crime Scene Investigations

Basic crime scene equipment list

Basic Crime Scene Processing Techniques

Becoming a Crime Scene Investigator

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Software

Bloodstain: Distinction of bloodstain patterns from fly artifacts

Bureau of Forensic Services Physical Evidence Bulletins

Crime Scene and Evidence Photography

Crime Scene 3D Photos

Crime Scene Clean-up

Crime Scene Evidence Collection & Protection Supplies

Crime Scene and Evidence Photography (Links)

Crime Scene Evidence File

Crime Scene Interpretation

Crime Scene Investigation

Crime Scene Investigation (Links)

Crime Scene Investigation Articles (Links)

Crime Scene Investigation Response Guidelines

Crime Scene Measurement

Crime Scene Photography

Crime Scene Processing Protocol

Crime Scene Protection by Dean H. Garrison, Jr.

Crime Scene and Forensic Photography

Domestic Violence Photography

Evidence Collection in Crime Scene Investigations (Links)

Evidence Collection Guidelines

Forensic Search Advisory Group

ICSIA, International Crime Scene Investigators Association

Institute for Canine Forensics

Introduction to Crime Scene Recontruction

Laser or Alternate Light Source Photography

Luminol

Recovery of Human Remains

Search & Cadaver Dogs

Shooting Reconstruction vs Shooting Reenactment

The Science of Crime

 

Criminalistics & Trace Evidence

Antibody-Antigen Interactions

Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners

Atlas of Animal Hairs

Bloodstains: Bloodstain patterns

Bite marks

Bitemarks, Examples of Techniques

Car database

Crime Laboratory List

Defense Technical Information Center

Electron Diffraction (MVA)

Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (MVA)

Evidence Collection Guidelines

FBI Forensic Science Communications - Scientific Working Groups

Fire Debris Analysis Exam Study Guide

Hair and Fiber Comparison

[Fingerprints, Earprints, Shoe Impression Link Page]

Forensic Science Communications (Table of Contents, January 2000)

Forensics: Computer and Data Investigations

Forensics: Crime and Clues

Forensics: Sealy Library Research guide to forensic science

Forensics: Labs: Forensic Science Associates

Forensics: Labs: T.C. Forensic P/L - Forensic and Scientific Services

Forensics: Training . Police . UKThe National Training Centre

Gas Chromatography (MVA)

Gallery of Criminologists

Glass: James Curran's Statistical Analysis of Glass

Handbook of Forensic Services: Introduction (2003)

International Directory of Testing Laboratories, 1998

ISOELFOCUS: multimedia computer-aided learning program on Isoelectric Focusing

Knots: Forensic  Knot Links

Knots: What Is Forensic Knot Analysis

Laser or Alternate Light Source Photography

Luminol

Marks Working Group

Mass Spectrometry on the Internet

Microscopy and Imaging Resources on the WWW

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Paint: Forensic Examination of Paint

Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence

Scientific Working Group for Material Analysis (trace evidence)

Scientific Working Groups FBI Web Site

Shoeprints: Literature files for shoeprints and tire tracks 

So You Wanna Be A Forensic Scientist

SWGs: Forensic Science Communications

Tapes: Video Tape Tampering 

The Forensic Scientist

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Trace Evidence Papers: Virginia DFS/

Trace Evidence Quality Assurance Guidelines by SWGMAT (January 2000)

U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Lab

What and Who is TWGFAST

Working Group on Marks

 

Ethics in Forensic Science

American Psychological Assn - Ethical Principles & Code of Conduct

Ethics in Science

Ethics Related Articles in Forensics

Ethical Guidelines for the Practice of Forensic Psychiatry - A A of Psychiatry & Law

Junk Science Home Page

 

Facial Recognition

A probabilistic framework for embedded face & facial expression recognition

Face Recognition - Bibliography

Face Recognition Home Page

Facial Aging in Law Enforcement Investigations

Facial Experssion Recognition

Facial Feature Recognition Project

Forensic Artist - facial reconstruction

Publications of Takahiro OTSUKA

 

Finding Forensic Experts

American Forensic Medical Specialists

Astleford's Directory of Expert Witness Directories

California Directory of Expert Witnesesses

Criminalistics Expert Witnesses and Consultants

DNA Forensic Expert Witnesses and Consultants

ExpertPages.Com

Expert Witness Network

Expert Witness WebRing

Expert Witnesses at FindLaw

Expert Witnesses by Area at FindLaw

FindLaw: Expert Witnesses

IDEX On-Line - expert witness research

Internet Directory of Expert Witnesses

Larry's Experts Page

LawInfo.com - Expert Witnesses

Legal Expert Resources Network (LERN)

NetCourt - Trial & Expert Witness Transcripts

Psybar - Psychiatrists and psychologists

Seak, inc: National Directory of Experts

Seamless WebSite's - The Expert Pages

Experts: Search: Experts and Consultants

Univ of So Cal On-Line Experts Directory

University of Wisconsin Experts List

 

Finger, Tire & Shoe Prints

Automated Identification Systems (AFIS)

Bite marks

Bite Mark: Human and Animal Bitemark Management, C. Michael Bowers DDs, JD

Car & Tread database

C.A.S.T. shoeprints & tire track forensic impression evidence

Connecticut's Biometric Imaging Project

Developing Prints on Adhesive Surfaces

Ear Prints - BBC News

Ear Prints - Protocol For Ear Identification Research

FBI Fingerprint Image Compression Standard

Fingerprint Classification

Fingerprint Detection Article

Fingerprint Geometric Analysis

Fingerprints & Palmar Dermatoglyphics

Fingerprint Technology UPDATE

Fingerprint USA Publications

Latent Prints

Latent prints, A forensic fingerprint impression evidence discussion site

Latent Print Examination

Latent Print Manuals

Latent Prints on Skin

LATENT FINGERPRINTS, Setting Standards,by Dr. John Thornton

Literature files for shoeprints and tire tracks

Marks Working Group

Multichannel Approach to Fingerprint Classification

NIST Visual Image Processing Group's Fingerprint Research 

So. California Assoc. of Fingerprint Officers

Superglue Method, etc.

Scientific Working Group on Ridge Analysis (SWGFAST)

Technical Working Group on Ridge Analysis (TWGFAST)

Validating Friction Ridge Examination Techniques

 

Firearms & Ballistics

Ammo Bank Home Page - Ammunition On Line

Ammunition Search

Bullet Hole Characteristics

FBI Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness

Firearm Image Library #1

Firearms Tactical Institute Site Index and Navigation Center

Firearms Tutorial

Forensic Firearms Identification, An Introduction

Gunshot Residue Examination

Gunshot Residue Testing

How do bullets fly?

Image of Bullet in Flight

Intro to Forensic Firearms Identification

JBM - Small Arms Ballistics

Oehler Research Software-ballistics at your bench

Patterns of Military Rifle Bullets

Ricochet Off Glass

Shooters' Online Services Inc.

Shooting Reconstruction vs Shooting Reenactment

 

Forensic Anthropology

American Board of Forensic Anthropologists

American Anthropological Association - Journals and Bulletins

Bone Clones - Resin Replicas Animal Skulls

Dental Anthropology Association

Forensic Anthropology Homepage

Forensic Archaeology details

International Association for Craniofacial Identification

Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association

Osteo Interactive: Forensic Anthropology

 

Forensic Chemistry & Toxicology

ATSDR - Toxic Substance & Disease Registry

Alan Barbour's Forensic Toxicology Page

Analysis of hair for cocaine

Anil Aggrawal's Forensic Toxicology Page

California Assn. of Toxicologists

Cal DOJ Tox Lab Bulletin

Centre of Behavioural and Forensic Toxicology

ChemFinder.Com Search Form

Drug Testing FAQ Questions and Answers

EXTOXNET - The EXtension TOXicology NETwork

Forensic Toxicologist Certification

Hair drug testing bibliography

Hyperreal Drug Archive

Index of Toxicology Internet Resources

International Association of Forensic Toxicologists

International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (alt URL)

RxList Drug identification search tool

Society of Forensic Toxicologists - Links

Toxicity, Cocaine

Forensic Toxicology Introduction

 

Forensic DNA Analysis

Forensic Bioinformatics

ABO Genetics

ABO Frequencies

About DNA english

Absence of Association and Linkage

American Society of Human Genetics

Ancient DNA Homepage

B-DNA Model

Basics of DNA Fingerprinting

BioFind - Biotechnology Resource Center

Bio-Link.org

Biolinks: Search Engine for Scientists

Biological Sequence Databases

Biology Project: Mendelian Genetics

Biology Project: Molecular Biology

BioTech Life Science Dictionary

Brenner's DNA Statistical Info

Bruce Weir Interview

Canadian Profiler & Cofiler Raw Data

Cell Online

Clontech's Links to Other Sites

CMS-MBR Protein Sequence Databases

CMS-SDSC Molecular Biology Resource

Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science

Cooperative Human Linkage Center

Critique of work done by Dr. Bruce Budowle

Databases at Agellon (lots)

Deoxyribonucleic Autonomous Zone

Dictionary of Cell Biology

Directory of Hi-Tech Organizations in the Engeneering & Medical/Life Sciences

DMT Profile

DNA Advisory Board Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA

DNA and Forensic Science

DNA databank publications: DH Kaye

DNA: Databases

DNA Forensic Expert Witnesses and Consultants

DNA Graphics Created with PovChem

DNA Learning Center (multimedia) 

DNA-o-gram Generator

DNA  Protocols

DNA Profile Probability

DNA Resource

DNA sampling variation

DNA Structure

DNA Testing: An Introduction for Non-Scientists

Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence

Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence Genetics at ORNL

Evolution of Quality Standards for Forensic DNA Analyses in the United States

Examiner Bias in Forensic RFLP Analysis

ExPASy Molecular Biology Server

Forensic Bioinformatics

FBI Core STR Loci

Forensic Mathematics

GenePrintTM STR Systems (Silver Stain Detection)

Genetic Code (5' - 3')

Genetic Identity Symposium Proceedings

Genetics Education Center

Genetics Resource Center

Genetics terms

Genome Database

Genome Research

Genomic and Genetic Resources on the World Wide Web

Glossary of Genetic Terms

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Simulation

Hardy-Weinberg Proof

Hopkins Bio-Informatics Home Page

Human Genome Resources- Homo sapiens

HumanGenomeSequencing

Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms

Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding

Japanese Genome Center for DNA

Jerry C. Lyell - Forensic DNA Homage

Journal of Cell Science

Journal of Statistics Education Homepage

Kidd Lab Population Page

Lark Technologies, Inc.

MendelWeb Homepage 97.1

Mitochondrial: About Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA Concordance

Mitochondrial Genome Database

Mitochondrial References, The Biglist

MITOMAP: A human mitochondrial genome database

Molecular Dynamics Home Page

Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery

Molecular Genetics Jump Station

National Biological Information Infrastructure

National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence (proceedings) (Go Thoma!)

National Forensic Science Technology Center

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

NIH VideoCasting: Past Events

PBMRT - Bio/Chemical Journals and Newsletters

PCR Jump Station

PCR Project

PCR-related Protocols

PCR Protocols and Reference Guides (downloadable)

Pedro's BioMolecular Research Tools

Primer on Molecular Genetics (Department of Energy)

Profiler Plus InformationProfilerPlus Random Match Probability Calculator

Promega Homepage (Order Promega Notes free)

Promega - Taq Patent News (Promega trashes Perkin-Elmer)

PSRGN Genetics Links

Recombinant DNA Chapter Directory

Reference Listing regarding STRs and DNA Typing

ScienceNet

Scientific Theory to Investigative Tool

Scientific Working Groups FBI Web Site (was the TWGs)

Scientific Working Group for DNA

Search-It-All: DNA Database Search

Sequence and Structure Searching Site

Stanford Human Genome Center

Statistics Every Writer Should Know

STRBase

STR - Background information

STR frequencies

STRlab - Forensic DNA samples and Profiles Database

STR Survey

SWGs: Forensic Science Communications (Table of Contents, July 1999)

Use of DNA in Identification, a Talk w/ Eric Lander

What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA

 

Forensic Entomology

Articles on Forensic Entomology

Bug hype

Colorado State University's Department of Entomology

Directory of World Wide Forensic Entomologists

Entomology Links Around the Web

FBL-Forensic Entomology

Forensic Entomology #1

Forensic Entomology.Com

Forensic Entomology: Fighting crime with insects!

Forensic Entomology at Agriculture Western Australia

Insects on the Web: Entomology at Iowa State University

Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources

Iowa State University's Department of Entomology

Michigan State University's Entomology Page