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Science and Technology Resources on the Internet
Forensic Science Resources on the Internet
Science & Engineering Librarian
The Gelman Library
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
holt@gwu.edu
Introduction
Audience, Scope & Methodology
Starting Points
Journals, Magazines & Newsletters: Indexed &
Fulltext
Books and Case Files
Societies, Associations & Government Organizations
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry & Toxicology
Crime Scene Investigation
Criminalistics and Trace Evidence
DNA Analysis
Entomology
Ethics
Explosives
Firearms and Tool Marks
Odontology
Questioned Document Examination
Terminology
Miscellaneous Web Sites
References
Introduction
"The forensic sciences refer to a group of subspecialties in science and medicine that apply their principles and methods to legal questions of a criminal or civil nature" (Nash and Faraino 1999, p.59). Forensic science includes, but is not limited to, pathologists, psychiatrists, odontologists, toxicologists, molecular biologists, entomologists, and criminalists. Practitioners are finding themselves increasingly in demand in the courtroom as expert witnesses. With the advent of shows such as {CSI: Crime Scene Investigation}, forensic science sites on the Web have multiplied exponentially. Sites are produced by government and professional organizations and forensic specialists, as well as by forensic scientist aspirants.
Audience, Scope & Methodology
This webliography is written for librarians who serve a scientific or technical clientele, and any person interested in learning more about forensic science information services.The scope of this webliography is to point people to some of the best resources on the web for forensic science research and information. This is by no means comprehensive, and is focused on web sites based in the United States. Some of the annotations for the resources were drawn from the organization providing the resource. Since many of the metasites do not provide much of an annotation nor a description of a resource, a webliography such as this will provide more information about the content of a web site.
Much of the information for this webliography was found by browsing many of the existing web sites, links and pointers that others have provided. Some of the links and resources were found using articles listed in the References section (Nash and Faraino 1999 and Killoran 1996). I also used the search engine Google -- http://www.google.com/ -- to verify changed URLs for some of the resources.
Starting Points
- Zeno's Forensic Site
- http://forensic.to/forensic.html
- Zeno Geradts is a forensic scientist at the Netherlands Forensic
Institute of the Ministry of Justice at the Digital Evidence section in
the area of forensic (video) image processing and pattern recognition.
This comprehensive page is one of the most complete sites in the field.
Zeno has links to an extensive collection of sites arranged by
subspecialty, including, but not limited to, DNA, hair and fibre,
firearms, handwriting, forensic entomology, and forensic anthropology.
- Reddy's Forensic Page
- http://www.forensicpage.com/
- Reddy P. Chamakura is a forensic scientist with the Police Laboratory,
New York City Police Department. Links to sites including, but not limited
to, forensic science organizations, forensic science journals,
colleges/universities with forensic programs, job opportunities, forensic
science laboratories, law enforcement agencies, forensic home pages,
forensic chemistry/narcotics, mass spectrometry, fingerprints,
ballistics/firearms, microscopy, crime scene
processing/investigation/photography, arson, DNA, toxicology, questioned
documents, digital photography/imaging, image enhancing, web
publishing/internet, and forensic mailing lists.
- Forensic-Evidence.com
- http://www.forensic-evidence.com/
- An information center in forensic science, law and public policy for
lawyers, forensic scientists, educators, and public officials, maintained
by Andre A. Moenssens, a Douglas Stripp Missouri Professor of Law
Emeritus.
- Kruglick's Forensic Resource and Criminal Law Search Site
- {http://www.kruglaw.com/}
- Created by Kim Kruglick, a criminal defense lawyer in Mill Valley, California, this site pulls together resources arranged by forensic subspecialty. To see the forensic science categories from the main page, click on "Links to Over 1,000 Forensic Sites". The "A Beginner's Primer on the Investigation of Forensic Evidence" link on the main page leads to some useful primers in forensic sciences. Each of the subject pages provides a link to a bibliography in that area, although they are sometimes out of date.
- Kulesh's Forensic Page
- {http://vip.poly.edu/kulesh/forensics/list.htm}
- With the increasing growth of computer crimes in the world, forensic
sciences has seen the establishment of a new breed of forensic scientist,
the cybercrime specialist. Kulesh Shanmugasundaram, a graduate student in
the computer science department at Polytechnic University in New York, has
created a growing list of digital/cyber/computational forensic related
resources. Although it may not be flashy and it lacks annotations, it is
extensive. Resources are arranged into the categories: Conferences,
People, "R&D Groups//Projects//News Groups", "News
Groups//Mailing Lists, Papers, Articles//FAQs//Talks", Forensic
Books, Tools, Other Forensic Links, and Organizations and conferences.
- Yahoo Directory of Forensic Science Resources
- {http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Forensics/}
- Resources in this Yahoo directory are arranged by broad subject
categories: College and University Departments and Programs, Companies,
Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Entomology, Forensic Nursing, Forensic
Odontology, Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Ps ychology, Forensic
Toxicology, Government Laboratories, Organizations, Research, and Web
Directories. Yahoo is a searchable directory built by humans. They have a
team of real live humans (Yahoo! Surfers), who visit and evaluate
suggested sites and decide where they best belong.
- Google Web Directory in Forensic Sciences
- {http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Science_in_Society/Forensic_Science/}
- Resources in the Google Web Directory in Forensic Sciences are
arranged in a similar manner to the Yahoo directory. Google is a true
search engine in that it has a robot or a software program that searches
and indexes the Web. The Google Web Directory integrates Google's
sophisticated search technology with Open Directory pages. Web Directory
pages are enhanced with importance ranking. The web pages in the Google
directory have been selected by thousands of volunteer editors from the
Netscape Open Dir ectory Project, a large public directory managed by
Netscape.
Journals, Magazines & Newsletters: Indexed & Fulltext
Indexed
There is no one index to the forensic sciences literature making finding where a journal is indexed often a challenge. Several key forensic science journals are only indexed in one index, only on the publisher's web site, or are selectively indexed by multiple indexes (e.g., in the journal Science and Justice, a publication of The Forensic Science Society, PubMed indexes biological related articles -- such as DNA analysis, and Web of Science indexes non-biologically related articles -- such as firearms topics).
- AFTE Journal Keyword Index (May 1969-Present)
- http://www.afte.org/ExamResources/journalindex.htm
- This volunteer created database is the only index to the AFTE
Journal. Scroll down to "download" and choose either MS Word or
Adobe Acrobat format.
- American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(2001-Present)
- http://www.amjforensicmedicine.com/
- Published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, the official journal
of the National Association of Medical Examiners "features original
articles on new examination and documentation procedures, as well as
provocative discussions of the forensic pathologist's expanding role - in
human rights protection, suicide and drug abuse prevention, occupational
and environmental health, and other key areas. Unique special features
include case reports, technical notes on new examination devices, and
reports of medicolegal practices worldwide." Abstracts are
available, as well as some whole issues available free in fulltext, for
non-subscribers from 2001 to the present.
- Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal
- {http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tcsf20}
- The Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal "is published quarterly and is devoted to the publication of original papers, comments and reviews in the various branches of forensic science. In particular, these are considered to include forensic chemistry, forensic toxicology (including blood and breath alcohol analysis), questioned documents, forensic odontology, firearms examination, forensic pathology, forensic biology (including serology, hair and fibre examination and molecular genetics) and forensic anthropology." Abstracts are available free to the public online from 1995 to the present. The fulltext of all book reviews is also available online.
- Forensic Science International (1995-Present)
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03790738
- Forensic Science International "is an international
journal publishing original contributions in the many different scientific
disciplines pertaining to the forensic sciences. Such fields include, for
example, forensic pathology and histochemistry, chemistry, biochemistry
and toxicology (including drugs, alcohol, etc.), biology, (including the
identification of hairs and fibres), serology, odontology, psychiatry,
questioned documents etc., as well as investigations of value to public
health in its broadest sense, and the important marginal area where
medicine and the law overlap." It is published by Elsevier Science
Ireland Ltd. Volume 70 to the present are available fulltext online on
ScienceDirect, Elsevier's online journal platform, to subscribers.
Indexing and abstracting access to the journal is available free to all.
- Forensic Science Review Indexes (1989-varies)
- {http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/2044/index.html}
- "Rapid advances in forensic science have created a need for a
review journal to bridge the gap between research-oriented journals and
reference volumes. The goal of Forensic Science Review is to
fill this void and provide a base for authors to extrapolate
state-of-the-art information and to synthesize and translate it into
readable review articles." Indexes to this bi-annual journal are
available by author and subject.
- Identification Canada
- {http://www.cis-sci.ca/Content/index.htm}
- Official publication of the Canadian Identification Society. Indexes
to the journal contents are on the top menu bar. The indexes do not
provide abstracts or any bibliographic information other than the title
and the volume and issue.
- Information Bulletin for Shoeprint/Toolmark Examiners
- {http://www.intermin.fi/intermin/hankkeet/wgm/home.nsf/pages/47A43E6C3D552B2CC2256C8E003C04D0}
- Published by the Marks Working Group, one of the technical Working Groups of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI). The indexes and abstracts are included as pdf files.
- International Journal of Legal Medicine (1997-Present) (formerly Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin)
- {http://link.springer.com/journal/414}
- "The International Journal of Legal Medicine is the continuation of the Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin and its predecessors and carries on their tradition, which goes back nearly 200 years." The journal is published exclusively in English, no longer even containing German summaries. Fields covered include "forensic pathology, including sudden death, thanatology, and demonstration of vital reactions; clinical forensic pathology, including such topics as non-accidental injury and rape; forensic haemogenetics, with special emphasis on the recent advances in DNA technology and PCR; forensic toxicology, as it relates for example to alcohol and drug addiction, and recent technology; and traffic medicine, with special reference to reconstruction, causal connections, and medical complications." The journal is published by Springer-Verlag and is the official publication of the International Academy of Legal Medicine. The online site includes electronic supplementary material that does not appear in the print publication.
- Journal of Forensic Identification
- {http://www.theiai.org/publications/jfi.html}
- "A scientific journal that provides over 115 pages of articles
related to forensics. Such articles are written by either the IAI editor
himself, and/or by forensic authorities from around the world employed in
forensic science fields. Examples of articles include dispositions of the
Daubert Hearings, exhaustive case studies of closed criminal cases,
minutes of IAI business meetings, air disaster identification articles,
field evidence instructions, crime scene processing covering blood pattern
interpretation and latent print identification articles, forensic
photography field examples to DNA analysis studies." The
JFI also offers information specific about training and
educational events, job postings and announcements as well as information
about the business of the IAI. Only volumes from 1998-99 are indexed
online presently although the fulltext of all issues from 1988 to the
present are available on CD-ROM in pdf format.
- Journal of Forensic Sciences,
Comprehensive Index to (1981-Present)
- http://www.aafs.org/?section_id=journal_of_fs&page_id=searchable_index
- Index to articles published in the Journal of Forensic
Sciences. All aspects of forensic science are covered. This is one
of the most valuable indexes for finding articles in forensics.
- NCJRS Abstracts Database (early 1970's-Present)
- {http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/AbstractDB/AbstractDBSearch.aspx}
- "The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
Database contains summaries of more than 170,000 criminal justice
publications," including Federal, State, and local government
reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished
research. This is the only index which covers the Journal of
Forensic Identification.
- Science & Justice (formerly
Journal of the Forensic Science Society)
- {http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/publications/saj.html}
- Science & Justice is published quarterly by the Forensic Science Society. The table of contents for volume 36 to the present, as well as the fulltext of volume 37 and "recent articles of interest", are available online. Articles can be searched through a {keyword searchable index}. Book reviews from 1996 to 2001 are available fulltext through a searchable index.
Fulltext
Many forensic science related journals are published by associations, therefore they have been slow to appear fulltext on the Web or are only available fulltext online to members. Below are some publications that are available free to all.
- Crime and Clues: The Art and Science of Criminal
Investigation
- {http://www.crimeandclues.com/index.htm}
- Edited by Daryl W. Clemens, a Crime Scene Technician, this collection
contains articles in various fields of forensic sciences written by
experts.
- FACESforward
- {http://www.ga.lsu.edu/faces/forward.html}
- The online version of the FACESforward newsletter,
published by the Louisiana State University FACES Lab, explains how
forensic anthropology and computer imaging (rather than old-fashioned clay
reconstructions) are used to locate missing persons (by age-progressing
old photographs) and how faces can be reconstructed from recovered bones.
It also details advances in various subcategories of forensic
anthropology, including forensic odontology, the science of identifying
remains from dental records. As a warning, this page is very graphics
intensive.
- FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- {https://leb.fbi.gov/}
- The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is published monthly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fulltext of articles from 1989-present is available on the FBI site. Issues from 1989-1995 are in ZIP format.
- Forensic Science Communications
- {http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/archives}
- A forensic science journal published quarterly by FBI Laboratory
personnel. The articles, relating to all aspects of forensic sciences
(from cipher systems to mitochondrial DNA), are quite long and
informative.
- In the Spotlight: Forensic Science
- {http://www.ncjrs.org/forensic/summary.html}
- "In the Spotlight" is a bi-monthly Web-based feature located on the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Web site that focuses on crime, public safety and drug policy.
Books
- FORENSICnetBASE
- {http://www.crcnetbase.com/page/forensic_ebooks}
- This subscription service from CRC Press, although not free, is an extremely important resource in forensic sciences as it provides online access to a growing list of fulltext books in forensics, criminal justice and law, and law enforcement.
- Handbook of Forensic Services
- {https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/handbook-of-forensic-services-pdf.pdf/view}
- The purpose of the Handbook of Forensic Services is to provide guidance and procedures for safe and efficient methods of collecting and preserving evidence and to describe the forensic examinations performed by the FBI Laboratory.
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room
- {http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2005/may/foia052005}
- The fulltext of selected FBI investigation files are available in this
electronic reading room through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Some portions are withheld under exemptions allowed by FOIA. The files are
viewed using Adobe Acrobat and are often split into several files because
of their size.
Societies, Associations & Government Organizations
Included in this section are societies, associations and government organizations which cover multiple specialties. For specialty specific organizations, refer to each specialty's section in this webliography.
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- http://www.aafs.org/
- A professional society dedicated for over 50 years to the application
of science to the law. The AAFS publishes the Journal
of Forensic Sciences. The Resources section includes forensic
science programs at Universities and Colleges worldwide, information on
forensic sciences as a career (an excellent overview of the various
subspecialties in forensic sciences), and links to forensic science
organizations and publications.
- American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
- http://www.ascld.org/
- The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) is a
nonprofit professional society formed in 1974 devoted to the improvement
of crime laboratory operations through sound management practices. In the
Forensic Links section are links arranged into three categories: Forensic
related links, Advocacy related links and Safety related links. The
Forensic Students section has an overview of what is needed to become a
forensic scientists as well as information on the career itself (how much
do they make, the type of work environment). For the practicing forensic
scientist, the Employment section lists current job postings.
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
- http://www.afip.org/
- "The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) is a tri-service
agency of the Department of Defense specializing in pathology
consultation, education and research." The site provides instructions
on submitting consultation requests in surgical pathology and autopsy
through an online form. All AFIP departments are represented on the site.
The Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner presents {autopsy
diagrams}
and information on the Department of Defenses DNA specimen
repository and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory. Its Forensic
Toxicology Division provides guidelines for collection and shipment of
toxicological analysis. The site also provides information on its medical
education courses for physicians and professionals in other interrelated
medical disciplines, some of which are available through the Internet.
- Canadian Society of Forensic Science
- http://www.csfs.ca/
- The Canadian Society of Forensic Science (CSFS) is a non-profit
professional organization incorporated to maintain professional standards,
and to promote the study and enhance the stature of forensic science. The
CSFS publishes the Canadian Society of Forensic
Science Journal. The STR DNA Data link is particularly
interesting as it leads to the Population Studies Data Centre, which
provides raw DNA data and frequency tables by ethnic groups from the Royal
Canadian Mo unted Police and the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- http://www.fbi.gov/
- The FBI web site provides access to thousands of pages of frequently requested FBI documents (case files) through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room. Documents are accessible through an alphabetical index and crime type categories.
"Since its founding in 1908, the FBI has been involved in many {famous cases}. The Office of Public and Congressional Affairs (OPCA) has prepared monographs on some of the most frequently requested, closed investigations." The monographs, arranged alphabetically and by crime, "should be considered to be overviews rather than exhaustive treatments."
The web site is home to three publications of the FBI: Forensic Science Communications (the journal of the FBI Laboratory), the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin and the Handbook of Forensic Services.
- The Forensic Science Society
- http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/
- Founded in 1959, this British multidisciplinary society is dedicated
to the application of science to the cause of justice. The Forensic
Science Society publishes the journal Science &
Justice. The Web Links section allows you to search the
Forensic Science Society's WebLinks Database by keyword to find links. In
the Bibliography section is a keyword searchable index to articles in the
Journal of the Forensic Science Society and Science
& Justice.
- International Association for Identification
- http://www.theiai.org/
- The International Association for Identification was incorporated in
1919. The Association publishes the Journal of
Forensic Identification. The Links section lists a hodgepodge
of identification links. The Job Listings section contains current job
ads.
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
- "NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the
U.S. Department of Justice. NIJ provides objective, independent,
non-partisan, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of
crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels." The
NIJ publishes many of its reports fulltext online. Follow the Publications
link on the lefthand menu bar to access these publications. NIJ also
produces the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
(NCJRS) Abstracts Database, an index to more than 170,000 criminal
justice publications.
Forensic Anthropology
"Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. The identification of skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains is important for both legal and humanitarian reasons. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to identify human remains, and to assist in the detection of crime. Forensic anthropologists frequently work in conjunction with forensic pathologists, odontologists, and homicide investigators to identify a decedent, discover evidence of foul play, and/or the postmortem interval. In addition to assisting in locating and recovering suspicious remains, forensic anthropologists work to suggest the age, sex, ancest ry, stature, and unique features of a decedent from the skeleton." (Carpenter 2003).
- International Association for Craniofacial Identification (IACI)
- http://www.forensicartist.com/IACI/index.html
- The IACI, formed in 1988, is an organization comprised mainly of
medical and scientific professionals throughout the world who specialize
in Forensic Odontology, Forensic Anthropology, 2 and 3-dimensional Skull
Reconstruction Techniques, Computer Based Skull Reconstruction, Facial
Aging for Law Enforcement, and Facial Mapping, as well as Composite
Sketching. The Craniofacial
Identification Links are particularly useful. Craniofacial
Identification Links are arranged into two columns with no annotations.
Links range from traditional to computerized methods of craniofacial
reconstruction.
- Forensic Art
- http://www.forensicartist.com/
- The site covers the various facets of forensic art, giving a brief
description of each. This site is maintained by Wesley Neville, a forensic
artist and polygraphist with the Florence County Sheriff's Office in
Florence, South Carolina, and a member of the International Association
for Identification (IAI) forensic art sub-committee. The abundance of
graphics makes the site slow to load, but a lot of images are to be
expected on an "art" site. The red print on black background
and tiny font size might make the site somewhat hard to read for some
folks but persevere as there are some excellent resources here.
- OsteoInteractive
- {http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/index2.html}
- A great introduction to human osteology, forensic anthropology,
paleopathology, and histology by experts in their fields. Topics include
age, sex, stature, race, pathology, trauma, taphonomy, identifying
characteristics, and graduate education in forensic anthropology.
Forensic Botany
Forensic botany is the application of plant science to the resolution of legal questions. The use of botanical evidence in legal investigations is relatively recent. Today, forensic botany encompasses numerous subdisciplines of plant science: palynology (pollen), anatomy and dendrochronology (the study of tree rings), limnology (study of freshwater ecology, including diatoms), systematics (systematic expertise is required when the identity of suspected drug species, notably marijuana, is in question), ecology (ecological knowledge of plant species is useful to investigators in two main ways: to determine whether plant fragments recovered from a victim or object came from where it was found or from some other area, and in locating clandestine graves) and molecular biology. (Forensic Botany 2003).
- Forensic Botany
- {http://myweb.dal.ca/jvandomm/forensicbotany/}
- One of the few comprehensive sites on the subject, the Forensic Botany site is a project in the Web Literacy For the Natural Sciences class at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. It offers excellent information through literature citations with information and definitions of the subdisciplines within the field, clearly explains botanical uses within forensics and provides case examples illustrating the described procedures and botanical evidence used. The "cited literature and links" section is particularly useful.
- Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks
- {http://www.crimeandclues.com/pollen.htm}
- A comprehensive overview of the field of palynology, the study of
palynomorphs (pollen) trapped in materials associated with criminal or
civil investigation, is written by Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., Palynology
Laboratory, Texas A&M University, and Dallas C. Mildenhall, Institute
of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand.
Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology
"Forensic Toxicology is, quite literally, the use of toxicology in courts of law. This is most often understood to mean the analysis of alcohol, drugs, and poisons in body fluids and the interpretation of those analytical results for the benefit of the courts. There is considerable overlap between forensic toxicology and clinical toxicology, criminalistics, forensic psychology, employment drug testing, environmental toxicology, forensic pathology, pharmacology, sports medicine, and veterinary toxicology. Consequently there are few 'pure' forensic toxicology sites on the Internet." (The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Forensic Toxicology 2003).
- The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT)
- http://www.tiaft.org/
- Founded in 1963, this association groups over 1400 members from all
regions of the world. The aims of this association are to promote
cooperation and coordination of efforts among members and to encourage
research in forensic toxicology. The members come from the police force,
medical examiners and coroners' laboratories, horseracing and sports
doping laboratories, hospitals, departments of legal medicine,
pharmacology, pharmacy and toxicology. Enter the Open Area for resources
for non-members. The Observatory provides a list of websites arranged by
categories (on the left menu bar). Also useful is the MS Library, collecti
ons of home-made reference electron impact mass spectra of derivatives
produced by TIAFT members and made available freely on the Internet.
"The intention is to complete commercial databases with new upcoming
or uncommon substances or less frequent d erivatives of drugs."
- The Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT)
- http://www.soft-tox.org/
- SOFT, officially incorporated in 1983, is an organization composed of
practicing forensic toxicologists and those interested in the discipline
for the purpose of promoting and developing forensic toxicology. The
Toxilinks section is particularly useful.
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Forensic Toxicology
- http://home.lightspeed.net/~abarbour/vlibft.html
- "The Virtual Library is the Web's original index, founded by
Timothy Berners-Lee. In the original spirit of the Web, it is maintained
as a public service by volunteers expert in their particular fields."
This site is maintained by Alan Barbour, a forensic toxicology consultant
with more than twenty-five years' experience in forensic toxicology and
clinical laboratory science. Links are arranged within broad categories:
forensic toxicology sites, directories of forensic expert witnesses,
general forensic science links, and education and career guidance in
forensic sciences.
- Molecular Expressions: Optical Microscopy Primer
- http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/index.html
- Microscopy is a very important in forensic sciences as microscopes are
used extensively in crime labs. For forensic science students, this site,
created by Michael W. Davidson, Mortimer Abramowitz, Olympus America Inc.,
and The Florida State University, provides an excellent introduction to
Optical Microscopy, Digital Imaging, and Photomicrography . Topics covered
include the physics of light and colour, an anatomy of the microscope,
specialized microscopy techniques, digital imaging in optical microscopy,
photomicrography, concepts and formulas in microscopy, fundamentals of
stereomicroscopy, and interactive tutorials.
- Guidelines for the Interpretation of Analytical Toxicology Results and
Unit of Measurement Conversion Factors
- {http://www.leeds.ac.uk/acb/annals/Webwise/Webwise97-1.html}
- This alphabetical table contains details of over 700 compounds. The
table has been compiled within the limitations currently imposed by the
restricted character set implemented on the World Wide Web. This
limitation should be understood by all who make use of the table. This
site was posted as a web table addition to an article appearing in the
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry in 1998 (Flanagan 1998).
- ChemFinder.com
- {http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/}
- Individual access to ChemFinder is complimentary on a limited basis. "ChemFinder has been providing free chemical searching to hundreds of thousands of scientists since 1995." This free database includes chemical structures, physical propert ies, CAS Registry Numbers, and links to other web sites with information about your compound.
- Mass Spectrometry Databases
- http://www.ualberta.ca/~gjones/mslib.htm
- Created by the Mass Spectrometry Database Committee of the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences Toxicology Section, this site provides zip
files of a comprehensive drug mass spectral library and the latest version
of the mini-library of full mass spe ctra of newer drugs, metabolites and
some breakdown products. This library is a "subset" of one that has been
compiled over a period of many years by Dr. Graham Jones and colleagues in
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Pure drug spectra, plus a few breakdown
products and pure metabolite standards have been edited into a single
library. The libraries use the Hewlett Packard DOS ChemStation and UNIX
ChemSystem MSD operating systems.
Crime Scene Investigation
"Crime Scene Investigation involves the use of scientific methods, physical evidence, deductive reasoning, and their interrelationships to gain explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime." (Carpenter 2003).- Crime-Scene-Investigation.net
- http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/index.html
- One-stop shopping for crime scene investigation links, articles, crime
scene response and evidence collection guidelines, information on crime
scene and evidence photography, training and employment and a bookstore.
Links are arranged at the top level by broad categories and by
subcategories within the pages. The site is maintained by The Crime Scene
Investigator Network based in Temecula, CA.
- Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Tutorial
- {http://www.bloodspatter.com/bloodstain-tutorial}
- Bloodstain pattern analysis "is the examination of the shapes,
locations, and distribution patterns of bloodstains, in order to provide
an interpretation of the physical events which gave rise to their
origin." This is an introduction to bloodstain pattern analysis by J.
Slemko, a forensic consultant in Alberta, Canada.
- Footwear & Tire Track Impression Evidence
- http://members.aol.com/varfee/mastssite/index.html
- Presented by C.A.S.T. (Chesapeake Area Shoeprint and Tire track), this
site includes an interactive footwear examination tutorial for
investigating shoeprints recovered from a crime scene. As well, there are
extensive links on outsole evaluation, shoe and tire manufacturer contact
information, tire web sites and instructions for evidence gathering.
C.A.S.T. is a consortium of Footwear & Tire Track examiners organized as a
Multi-Agency Forensic Cooperation (MAFC) group.
Criminalistics and Trace Evidence
"Criminalistics and Trace Evidence are both catch-all terms that apply to all types of physical evidence that may be circumstantial evidence in the trial of a case. Most often, the term is meant to include a variety of types of trace evidence analyzed by experts who are sometimes identified as 'microanalysts,' sometimes as 'trace evidence examiners,' or as 'criminalists,' or indeed by several different specialists. Microanalysts determine the nature of small items of trace evidence and compare it with known materials for the purpose of determining the origin of the trace evidence." (Carpenter 2003).
- Latent Print Examination: Fingerprints, Palmprints and Footprints
- http://onin.com/fp/
- An extensive web site devoted to links on latent fingerprints,
including articles and a comprehensive list of legal challenges to
fingerprints. This site is maintained by Ed German of the US Army Criminal
Investigation Command, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory.
- Marks Working Group
- {http://enfsi.eu/about-enfsi/structure/working-groups/marks/}
- The Marks Working Group is one of the technical Working Groups of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) and represents examiners working with shoeprint, toolmark, and other types of visual mark comparisons in forensic laboratories. The Group publishes the Information Bulletin for Shoeprint/Toolmark Examiners. The Marks Working Group collects a library of articles (bibliographies) covering various sub-disciplines of comparative visual examinations of interest to the mark examiners. In the Links section, this web site provides a link to {an interesting article on taking measurements of tiremarks}.
- SWGFAST: Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study
and Technology
- http://www.swgfast.org/
- A scientific working group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) to create consensus standards for fingerprint analysis and
technology. Guidelines are provided in pdf format.
- Ridges and Furrows
- http://www.ridgesandfurrows.homestead.com/
- "This web site is the culmination of many hours spent researching
topics related to forensic science" and the author's particular areas
of interest: embryogenesis of friction skin (Histology of Thick Skin),
enhancement of latent prints using digital technology and latent print
identification. Categories include history, friction skin anatomy,
scientific research, fingerprint patterns, and identification. This site
was created by Mary Beeton, an A.F.I.S. Fingerprint Technician with the
Durham Regional Police Service in Ontario, Canada.
Forensic DNA Analysis
"DNA forensic analysis relies on one key characteristic of DNA: the configuration is the same in all cells of an individual. Altogether each person carries around 200,000 genes in each cell, comprising three billion 'base pairs' -the chemical building blocks of DNA. Analyzing all these base pairs and genes in order to identify an individual would be impossible, with current technology. Instead, forensic scientists focus on certain genetic sequences called 'markers'. Here, the arrangement of genetic information is highly variable and particular to each person." (Carpenter 2003).
- MITOMAP: A Human Mitochondrial Genome Database
- http://www.mitomap.org/
- A searchable "compendium of polymorphisms and mutations of the
human mitochondrial DNA." The Mitomap Quick Reference section
includes an extensive bibliography (Mitochondrial References) arranged
alphabetically by author; the fulltext of the Mitochondrial Human Genome
Report; Amino Acid Translation Tables; The Human Mitochondrial Sequence; a
link to the Human Mitochondrial Protein Database; and Illustrations.
- Mitochondrial DNA Concordance
- {http://shelob.bioanth.cam.ac.uk/mtDNA/toc.html}
- "The Concordance of Nucleotide Substitutions in the Human mtDNA
Control Region is compiled from nucleotide sequence data available in the
public domain or supplied by accredited forensic laboratories
world-wide."
- Mitochondrial DNA Analysis in the FBI Laboratory
- {http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/july1999/dnalist.htm/}
- An informative article from Forensic Science
Communications, the journal of the FBI Laboratory, which
explains mitochondrial DNA and its use in the forensics laboratory to
solve crimes.
- STRBase
- http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/
- Database of literature on Short Tandem Repeat DNA intended to benefit
research and application of short tandem repeat DNA markers to human
identity testing.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology
information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in
computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data,
and disseminates biomedical information.
- Forensic Mathematics
- http://dna-view.com/
- Charles Brenner has been a consultant in forensic mathematics, which
mostly pertains to DNA identification, since 1977. His well organized site
presents discussions on topics in forensic mathematics, software, data, a
bibliography with links to the full text of articles, and links to other
sites in forensic DNA analysis.
Forensic Entomology
"Forensic Entomology, or Medicocriminal Entomology, is the science of using insect evidence to uncover circumstances of interest to the law, often related to a crime. The time of death, for example, can usually be determined using insect evidence gat hered from and around a corpse, provided the evidence is properly collected, preserved and analyzed by an appropriately educated forensic entomologist. Insect scientists, or entomologists, are being called upon with increasing frequency to apply their kno wledge and expertise to criminal and civil proceedings. They are also recognized members of forensic laboratories and medical/legal investigation teams." (American Board of Forensic Entomology 2003).
- American Board of Forensic Entomology (ABFE)
- {http://www.forensicentomologist.org/}
- The ABFE constitutes the first step toward a professional organization
with strict educational, ethical and maintenance standards. The ABFE site
provides a short but informative overview of the science and history of
forensic entomology, as well as case studies in forensic entomology.
- Forensic Entomology Pages, International
- {http://folk.uio.no/mostarke/forens_ent/forensic_entomology.html}
- Created by Morten Stærkeby, a graduate student in entomology at the
University of Oslo, who is now an independent consultant in forensic
entomology in Norway. This web site provides a comprehensive overview of
the many uses of insect and arthropod evidence as evidence. The organized
site lists sections describing protocol and information regarding
entomology in establishing time of death, movement of corpses, common
insects found on bodies and case histories.
- Forensic Entomology: Insects in Legal Investigations
- http://www.forensicentomology.com/index.html
- Created by Dr. J.H. Byrd of the Department of Criminal Justice at the
Virginia Commonwealth University, this site includes definitions, death
scene procedures, life cycles, information on entomological collection
equipment, an entomological field notes death scene form in pdf, and
further links.
Ethics in Forensic Science
- Ethics in Science
- {http://www.tissuegroup.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/}
- A hypermedia page residing in the Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, with links to fulltext articles, bibliographies and selected essays on ethics in science. This page is no longer updated on a regular basis but most of the links are not dependent on their currency.
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Ethical Guidelines for the
Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
- {http://www.forensic-psych.com/articles/artEthics.php}
- Ethical guidelines for forensic psychiatrists adopted May, 1987 and
revised October, 1989.
- American Society of Crime Lab Directors Code of Ethics
- {http://www.ascld.org/ethics.html}
- The major responsibility of the Ethics Committee is to handle all
ethics complaints brought before the ASCLD Board of Directors and apply
them to the Code of Ethics via the Enforcement Procedure of the Code of
Ethics.
Explosives
- International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI)
- http://www.iabti.org/
- Founded in 1973, the IABTI "is an independent, non-profit professional association formed for countering the criminal use of explosives." The site provides information on the organization and links to {explosives manufacturers}. Links to explosives manufacturers are limited to advertisers in The Detonator and exhibitors at the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) regional and international conferences. Links to bomb squad web sites are only accessible to members.
- Analysis and Detection of Explosives: Published Papers, Reports and Presentations, 1988-1998
- {http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CC4QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fncfs.ucf.edu%2Ftwgfex%2Fdocs%2FAnalysis_and_Detection_of_Explosives.pdf&ei=tukcUozIHsqaigL254B4&usg=AFQjCNHvW1pR2ACgeP916KK4uxeHBaCDtg&sig2=v0YpS29fGPkv3fGvMoBBqg&bvm=bv.51156542,d.cGE&cad=rja}
- A reference bibliography compiled in 1999 by Charles R. Midkiff of the Technical Working Group for Fire and Explosives (TWGFEX).
Firearms, Tool Marks & Ballistics
Ballistics is the "study of a projectile in motion" (Brenner 2002) while firearms identification is primarily concerned with determining if a bullet, cartridge case or other ammunition component was fired by a particular firearm (Brenner 2002). These terms are often confused. Tool marks, or toolmarks, are marks left on an item by a tool; in the case of firearms, marks left by a part of the firearm on a cartridge case.
- Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners
(AFTE)
- http://www.afte.org/
- Formed in 1969 to address the requirements of firearms and toolmark
examiners, the AFTE publishes the AFTE Journal. This site
includes: Ammunition
Manufacturers/Distributors , an alphabetical list of ammunition
manufacturers and distributors; Firearm
Manufacturers/Distributors, an alphabetical list of firearm
manufacturers and distributors; and Ballistics
Links, an alphabetically arranged metasite of ballistics links.
- firearmsID.com
- http://www.firearmsid.com/
- firearmsID.com is a non-profit web site maintained by Jeffrey Scott
Doyle (Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner with the Kentucky State Police
Jefferson Regional Forensic Lab), that exists solely as an educational
and/or investigative aid. This web site provides an extensive introduction
to firearms identification. It is arranged by broad categories: Firearm
identification, distance determinations, firearm function testing, expert
witness testimony, new technologies - INIS, DrugFire, case profiles, the
history of firearms ID, and career information.
- Firearms Tutorial
- {http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNINTRO.html}
- This illustrated tutorial is "designed to give you a working
knowledge of the types of firearms, the types of ammunition used, the
nature of injuries that can be produced in the body, and the investigative
techniques employed by the forensic pathologist in assessing firearms
injuries." This tutorial is one of many created by The Internet
Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education at Florida State University
College of Medicine. This resource is designed for students and workers in
the health care sciences studying pathology. Warning:
Some of the images are quite graphic!
- How Do Bullets Fly?
- http://www.nennstiel-ruprecht.de/bullfly/index.htm#Top_of_page
- "This document attempts to explain the basics of the complicated
subject of bullet motion through the atmosphere and avoids formulas as
well as mathematics, but expects familiarity with the way of physical
thinking. It includes new experimental observations of bullets fired from
small arms, both at short and at long ranges. Numerous illustrations are
included and can be viewed via links to promote further understanding.
This article is also thought [of] as an introduction for all types of
readers (hunters, sportsmen, ballisticians, forensic scientists),
interested in the 'mysteries' of the exterior ballistics of bullets, fired
from small arms." The author includes links to formulas related to
bullet motion. The author is Ruprecht Nennstiel of Wiesbaden, Germany.
- Feasibility of a California Ballistics Identification System
- {http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guncite.com%2FCA_study.pdf&ei=_-kcUti6IeWiigLt5YHAAg&usg=AFQjCNGyRZHQ40mQCiwF5fxHTD0OUHwkgw&sig2=8ZPGwlNDYcjQHfnbHlRM2Q&bvm=bv.51156542,d.cGE&cad=rja}
- The California Department of Justice submitted the results to the Legislature in January 2003 on the feasibility of a ballistic fingerprinting database in California. The more technical information is contained in the Appendices to the report. Some of the "exhibits" in the appendices are not provided fulltext in the report but can be found fulltext on the Web or by contacting the authors of each appendix.
Forensic Odontology
"Odontology is the study of teeth. Forensic odontology is a specialized field of dentistry where, in a death investigation, identity has sometimes been established through analysis of the teeth and accompanying dental prosthetics, fillings and compou nds" (Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine 2003).
- American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO)
- http://www.abfo.org/
- The American Board of Forensic Odontology was organized in 1976 under the auspices of the National Institute of Justice with the mission to establish, enhance, and revise as necessary, standards of qualifications for those who practice forensic odontology, and to certify as qualified specialists those voluntary applicants who comply with the requirements of the Board. Detailed ABFO guidelines on human identification, bitemarks, development of a dental ID team and missing person and unidentified body cases are available in the {ID & Bitemark Guidelines} section.
- Bureau of Legal Dentistry (BOLD)
- http://www.boldlab.org/
- The Bureau of Legal Dentistry provides current bibliographies on
"Human, Animal Bites", "DNA Methods", "Mass
Fatalities", "Human Identification", "Domestic
Violence", and "Dental Jurisprudence" in the Research
area.
- Forensic Dentistry Online
- http://www.forensicdentistryonline.org/
- A web site by the International Organisation for Forensic
Odontostomotology (IOFOS) devoted to forensic dentistry. Includes
information on identifications, bitemarks, journals and books on this
fascinating subject. The links on the right side of the page are
particularly useful. Many lead to fulltext articles. The IOFOS publishes
the Journal of Forensic Odontostomatology.
- Issues in Human and Animal Bite Mark (Bitemark) Management
- http://www.forensic.to/webhome/bitemarks/
- Created by Mike Bowers, a forensic odontologist, this site provides a
comprehensive overview, accessible through a hyperlinked table of
contents, of bite marks in forensic sciences.
Questioned Document Examination
"A document is any material that conveys a message whether visible, invisible, or partially visible. Where a question, such as authorship or authenticity, arises in reference to a document, the document should be submitted to a Questioned Documents Examiner" (Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists 2003). "The application of allied sciences and analytical techniques to questions concerning documents is termed forensic document examination. The examination of questioned documents consists of the analysis and comparison of questioned handwriting, hand printing, typewriting, commercial printing, photocopies, papers, inks, and other documentary evidence with known material in order to establish the authenticity of the contested material as well as the detection of alterations" (Document Examination Consultants, Inc. 2003). "The terms forensic documents examinations (examiners) should be considered interchangeable with the terms questioned documents examinations (examiners) in light of the fact that 'forensic' is typically defined as 'pertaining to legal proceedings' " (Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists 2003).
- American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
- http://www.asqde.org/
- "The ASQDE was formally established on September 2, 1942. The
purposes of the Society and of its members are to foster education,
sponsor scientific research, establish standards, exchange experience,
provide instruction in the field of questioned document examination, and
to promote justice in matters that involve questions about
documents." The site has an up-to-date database of court decisions
relating to expert testimony about handwriting and document comparisons.
ASQDE publishes the Journal of the American Society of Questioned
Document Examiners.
- American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
- http://www.abfde.org/
- Established in 1977, this organization provides a program of
certification in forensic document examination with the dual purpose of
serving the public interest and promoting the advancement of forensic
science. Current employment opportunities are listed in the Jobs section
and the Links section has some interesting links to cases involving
questioned documents and legal issues.
- Questioned Documents Site of Emily J. Will
- http://www.qdewill.com/
- Created by Emily J. Will, a Certified Document Examiner, this is a
useful place to start for an overview of questioned document
examination.
- Identifont
- http://www.identifont.com/index.html
- "Identifont uses a proprietary expert system to identify a
typeface based on information about specific characteristics of the
typeface." Identifont was designed and developed by Human-Computer
Interface, a documentation and information desi gn company specialising in
high tech products. Scan the text, upload the image, and this site will
attempt to identify the font.
- Virtual Typewriter Museum
- http://www.typewritermuseum.org/
- The Virtual Typewriter Museum was conceived, designed and produced by
mmworks, a Dutch based web design company, and is edited by Paul Robert. A
virtual museum, based on private collections from around the world.
- The Classic Typewriter Page
- {http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/}
- Information on typewriters is becoming harder to find, so this site is a welcome addition to the Internet. Maintained by Richard Polt, a Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University in Cinncinatti, Ohio, the "Typewriter Facts" section is useful to questioned document examiners while the remainder of the links are more for typewriter enthusiasts.
- Bookbinding: A Tutorial
- http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/book/
- Originally created in 1995, "Bookbinding: A Tutorial" is maintained by
Douglas W. Jones, of the University of Iowa Department of Computer Science
and Center for the Book. This text was written after consultation with
staff of the University of Iowa Book Conservation Laboratory, and an early
draft of this text was reviewed by a preservation librarian for the
Research Libraries Group. Access to the information is in the form of a
hyperlinked table of contents with links to other resources at the end.
- Omniglot
- http://www.omniglot.com/
- "This web site provides a guide to over 200 different alphabets,
syllabaries and other writing systems, including a few you will find
nowhere else. It also contains details of many of the languages written
with those writing systems and links to a wide range of language-related
resources, such as fonts, online dictionaries and online language
courses." The A-Z Index of all the writing systems and languages
featured on this site is comprehensive and extensive, detailing the
alphabets of each language. The site was created by Simon Ager, a web
developer from England with a keen interest in languages.
- CounterSpace
- {http://www.counterspace.us/typography/}
- A web site dedicated to typography and its history. Although there is
not much information on the authority of the site, the content is
trustworthy and well designed. Particularly of use to someone new to
questioned document examination is the Anatomy section.
- fonts.com
- {http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/search.htm}
- This site allows for on-line viewing of samples of all fonts in the
monotype catalog. The "Search By Sight" feature enables you to identify a
font from a sample by answering a series of simple questions. It is ideal
if you want to match an existing ty peface, or identify a typeface you
have seen in a publication. You can also search by keyword, classification
or designer, in addition to browsing alphabetically by font family.
Fonts.com is owned and operated by Agfa Monotype Corporation, a worldwide
marketer over 8,000 high-quality fonts.
Terminology
- Glossary of Terms of the Death Investigation
- {http://www.vifsm.org/assets/glossary.html}
- A single page glossary of forensics terms maintained by the Virginia
Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine.
- Forensic DNA Glossary
- {http://www.forensicdna.com/DNAGlossary.htm}
- This work appears as Appendix A in "An Introduction to Forensic DNA
Analysis, 2nd edition", by Norah Rudin and Keith Inman, CRC Press, 2002
(Inman and Rudin 2002).
- Glossary of Typography
- {http://www.counterspace.us/typography/}
- Choose the glossary option from the menu bar at the top of the screen
to access the extensive definitions of terms of interest to questioned
document examiners. Created by CounterSpace.
- Glossaries in Fingerprint Analysis
- Created by SWGFAST, a scientific working group of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) to create consensus standards for fingerprint
analysis and technology. The glossaries can be viewed using Adobe
Acrobat.
- Friction Ridge Automation, {http://www.swgfast.org/glsry_fr_automation_feb02.pdf}
- Anatomy, {http://www.swgfast.org/glsry_anatomy_feb02.pdf}
- Identification, {http://www.swgfast.org/glsry_identification_feb02.pdf}
- Identification (Supplement), {http://www.swgfast.org/glsry_identification_supplement_feb02.pdf}
- Fingerprint Classification, {http://www.swgfast.org/glsry_fp_class_feb02.pdf}
- Latent Print Processing, {http://www.swgfast.org/glsry_lp_processing_feb02.pdf}
- Genetics and DNA Glossaries
- Glossaries created by Promega Corporation, a reagent and reagent
systems supply company. Both glossaries are arranged alphabetically with a
hyperlinked alphabetic index at the top.
- {Genetic Identity Glossary}
- {Acronyms Used in the Literature of Genome Research}
The first time you connect, you will need to select your location before you can get to the glossary.
- On-Line Medical Dictionary (OMD)
- {http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/}
- "OMD is a searchable dictionary created by Dr. Graham Dark and contains terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes acronyms, jarg on, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science. It aims to provide a one-stop source of information about all medical and scientific terms and includes many useful cross-refere nces and pointers to related resources elsewhere on the Internet, as well as bibliographical reference to paper publications. It lacks many entries which one can find in paper dictionaries but contains more encyclopedia-like entries and entries on various subjects. It also contains many definitions in related areas. The dictionary started in early 1997 and has grown, to contain over 46,000 definitions." Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related resources elsewhere on the net.
- Forensic Botany Glossary
- {http://myweb.dal.ca/jvandomm/forensicbotany/glossary.html}
- Created by the Forensic Botany site as a project in the Web Literacy For the Natural Sciences class at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. All definitions are hyperlinked to their original source.
Miscellaneous Web Sites
- Forensic Science Timeline
- {http://www.youscribe.com/catalogue/tous/art-musique-et-cinema/autres/forensic-science-timeline-427680}
- This "work in progress" is compiled by Norah Rudin, a forensic consultant and expert witness in forensic DNA. It can also be found as an appendix in the book Principles and Practice of Forensic Science: The Profession of Forensic Science published by CRC Press in 2000 (Inman and Rudin 2000).
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