Forensics
General forensic links:
NIH Visible Proofs site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/
Summarized History of Forensics: http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/ripperoo-forensic.html
History Channel Forensics Schedule: http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_search.do?keywords=forensics&networkCode=THC&x=0&y=0
AE TV's "Cold Case Files": http://www.aetv.com/cold_case_files/index.jsp
Court TV's Forensics Files: http://www.courttv.com/forensics/
Crime Scene Investigator: http://crime-scene-investigator.net/
Forensics Timeline: http://www.forensicdna.com/Timeline020702.pdf#search=%22history%20of%20forensic%20science%22
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html
http://www.justice.gov/dea/druginfo/ds.shtml
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/812
http://www.newjerseydruglawyer.com/glossary-of-drugs/drugs-by-classification.html
http://wings.buffalo.edu/aru/ARUclass.htm
Crime scene links:
Crime Scene Protocol: http://www.feinc.net/cs-proc.htm
Evidence Collection: http://crime-scene-investigator.net/csi-collection.html
Crime Scene Checklist:: http://www.feinc.net/cklist.htm
Crime Scene Interpretation: http://www.feinc.net/cs-int.htm
FBI Hair and fiber crime scene: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2000/deedric4.htm
FBI Handbook of Crime Scene Services: http://www.fbi.gov/filelink.html?file=/hq/lab/handbook/forensics.pdf
Fingerprint links:
History of: http://onin.com/fp/fphistory.html
How to take fingerprints: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/takingfps.html
Death and Decomposition:
History of: http://onin.com/fp/fphistory.html
How to take fingerprints: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/takingfps.html
The Recovery of Human Remains: http://www.feinc.net/cs-recov.htm
University of Tennessee Department of Forensic Anthropology (AKA The Body Farm): http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm
Decomposition - Body Changes http://australianmuseum.net.au/Decomposition-Body-Changes
Decomposition - Forensic Evidence: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Decomposition-Forensic-Evidence
Decomposition - Succession: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Decomposition-Succession
Stages of Decomposition: http://australianmuseum.net.au/movie/Stages-of-decomposition
Crime Scene Investigation, by Katherine Ramsland): http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/trace/1.html
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Blood:
Basics of Blood Spatter: http://www.brazoria-county.com/sheriff/id/blood/index.htm
Trace Evidence:
FBI forensic hair analysis site: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2000/deedric1.htm
FBI forensic fiber analysis: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2000/deedric3.htm
DNA:
Primer on Molecular Genetics from the U.S. Department of Energy: http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mjvl/biology/dna/genome/INTRO.HTML
DNA Forensics, from the Human Genome Project: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
DNA Testing: http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/genetics/medgen/dnatesting/
Forensic Anthropology:
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/index.html
University of Tennessee Department of Forensic Anthropology (AKA The Body Farm) http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm
Forensic Odontology (bite mark analysis): http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/bitemarks/1.html
DoD Biometrics Tutorial: http://www.biometrics.dod.mil/References/Tutorial/default.aspx
The Most Famous Bite Mark Case of the 20th Century: http://www.forensic.to/webhome/bitemarks1/
Case Studies:
FBI Famous Cases: http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/famcases.htm
Forensics Under the Microscope: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-forensics-specialpackage,1,3283040.special?coll=chi-newsspecials-hed
Ballistics:
Basic website with worksheets and articles: http://home.iprimus.com.au/ararapaj/craigslea_testbed/Forensic%20Web%20Test%20Site/ballistics.htm
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More forensic links:
FORENSIC MAGAZINE - Forensic Magazine® is among today's leading trade publications focusing exclusively on the field of forensics.
FORENSIC PANEL - The Forensic Panel is the premier forensic science practice in the United States. We consult on psychiatry and behavioral sciences, neuropsychology, pathology, toxicology, neuroradiology, medicine and emergency medicine issues in civil and criminal courts.
IN REFERENCE TO MURDER - Links to numerous forensic sites.
SMITHSONIAN-WRITTEN IN BONE - Forensic case files.