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Handwriting, Typewriting, Shoeprints, and Tire Treads: FBI Laboratory's Questioned Documents Unit

This 2001 article describes how personnel in the Questioned Documents Unit (QDU) of the FBI perform examinations of material. Includes illustrated discussions of physical examinations (often of paper surfaces), comparison examinations (of handwriting ...

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/april2001/held.htm

National Forensic DNA Study Report: Final Report

In April 2004, the U.S. Attorney General submitted a report to Congress that found approximately 542,700 criminal cases with biological evidence were awaiting DNA testing. This study discusses the DNA backlog problem, the role of law enforcement agen ...

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/203970.pdf

Fingerprint Identification: An Overview

Information about the use of fingerprint identification in criminal justice applications. "Taking Legible Fingerprints" discusses fingerprint pattern and impression types, fingerprinting equipment, steps for fingerprinting, and special situ ...

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/ident.htm

Crime Library: Literary Forensics

These articles cover forensic document and handwriting analysis, and specific cases that involved literary forensics. Includes material on written communications related to the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, the Unabomber case, the JonBenet Ramsey murde ...

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/index.html#link%3D404-crimelibrary

The President's DNA Initiative

Find details about U.S. government activities promoting the use of DNA evidence in the criminal justice system. Includes links to publications (mostly from government organizations) on DNA topics of interest to the general public, forensic scientists ...

http://www.dna.gov

DNA Interactive

"This site is dedicated to the moment on February 28, 1953 when Jim Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA — and to the scientists who breathed life into that structure." The site features a chronology th ...

http://www.dnai.org/

Interactive Investigator: Your Introduction to the World of Forensic Science/Détective Interactif: Une Introduction aux Sciences Judiciaires

"You will be able to obtain general information and an introduction to the main aspects of forensic science from a database on the subject. You can also explore a Historical Cabinet containing actual evidence gathered from crime scenes throughou ...

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/

Fact Sheet on the Guevara Lock of Beethoven's Hair

Information about the lock of hair that was cut from the head of composer Ludwig van Beethoven after his death. Discusses scientific tests that were performed on the lock of hair, including trace metals and DNA analyses, and a 2000 press release abou ...

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/beethoven/hair/hair.html

Secrets of the Dead

This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series in which crime scene investigation techniques meet history. Topics include the chemistry of the disaster of the airship Hindenburg, contaminated food as a potential cause of the a ...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/

Zeno's Forensic Page

This site contains an extensive directory of links to resources on forensic science, medicine, and psychiatry. It is maintained by a European forensics expert.

http://forensic.to/forensic.html

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