Forensics, a "Police Resources List," provides links to sites such as "American College of Forensic Examiners," "International Association of Bloodstain Patterns Analysts," "Crime Scene Investigation," "Crime Scene Photography," "DNA Fingerprinting in Crime," "Forensic Entomology," "Forensic Hair Comparison Using Neural Networks," "Forensic Science," and so on.
Forensic Science Resources: Criminalistics and Trace Evidence presents information on the "variety of types of trace evidence analyzed by experts who are sometimes identified as 'microanalysts,' sometimes as 'trace evidence examiners,' or as 'criminalists' ... [who] 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." Forensic Science Resources provides excellent links to information, experts, and agencies in the fields of "criminalistics" and "trace evidence," "ballistics/firearms," "bloodstain analysis," "fingerprints," "microscopy/trace evidence," etc.
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Criminal Profiling: Fact, Fiction, and Fallacy (published by the Crime Library) discusses criminal profiling of serial murderers. Good bibliography. |
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The Science of Crime site asks: "Virtual criminality -- can computer animation recreate crime scenes?" and discusses crime scene evidence, fingerprints, DNA, forensic document examination, as well as providing links to sites regarding forensics. |
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Crime & Clues: The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation (Daryl W. Clemens, editor) is a valuable site offering a wealth of information on "Crime Scene Investigation" ("Protecting, Processing, and Reconstructing the Scene"); "Fingerprint Evidence" ("Processing Techniques and Historical Information"); "Physical Evidence" ("Forensic Science and Criminalistics"); "Demonstrative Evidence" ("Photographs and Drawings"); "Testimonial Evidence" ("Witness Statements, Interviews, and Confessions"); "Behavioral Evidence" ("Criminal Profiling and Psychology"); "Death Investigation" ("Pathology, Anthrolopology, Entomology"); "Unsolved/Missing/Wanted" ("Sites Devoted to Unsolved Crimes, Missing, and Wanted Persons"); "Afterwards" ("Expert Witness Testimony, Ethics, and Editorial Commentary"). This excellent site also features a Training Calendar ("courses and seminars" in criminalistics), articles on such topics as "burglary investigations," and links to experts such as forensic geologist Richard Monroe, the "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin," and "Law Enforcement Sites on the Web."
| Want more information on crime and forensics? Visit Amazon.com, and check out fiction by Patricia D. Cornwell and nonfiction by experts such as forensic psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland, pathologist Dr. Bill Bass (of the Body Farm), and the FBI's legendary profiler John E. Douglas. |
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