Forensic science

Forensic laboratories

*Government

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF)
Arkansas State Crime Laboratory
California Criminalistics Institute (CCI), Dept of Justice, CA
Criminalistics Laboratory, Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State
Delaware State Police Crime Lab
FBI
FDA's Forensic Center
RCMP Forensic Laboratory Regina
Forensic Science Agency of Northern Ireland
Forensic Science Service
Forensic Science Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Hong Kong Government Forensic Laboratory
Justice Information Center
Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine (ISFM) Singapore
Instituto de Toxicología (Spain Institute of Forensic Sciences)
International Forensic Research Institute - Miami
Kiev Research Institute of Forensic Examinations
Metro-Dade (Miami) Police Department Crime Lab
National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS)
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
National Research Institute of Police Science - Japan
Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division
National Security Agency (NSA)
Police Forensic Science Laboratory Dundee
Sacramento County Laboratory of Forensic Services
United States Army Criminal Investigation
Laboratory

US Customs
US Fish Wildlife Services Forensic Laboratory
US Postal Inspection Service
US Secret Service
Utah Department of Public Safety Bureau of Forensic Services

*Expert witnesses

UK Consultancy : Forensic Access
Astleford Inc, Electrical and mechanical engineering
Consolidated Consultants : list of expert witnesses
Ergo/Gero : Human Factor Science

Expert Witness Web ring
Forensic Consultants Orange County
Forensic Consultant Services
Forensic Division of Network Security Management Ltd - London
Hayward Associates
List of Expert Forensic Toxicologists
Speckin Forensic Laboratories
Valley Forensic Group

Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys (TASA)

Fields of expertise

*Arson

Arson : Actlabs Forensic Site
Canadian association of fire investigators (in French)
Fire Cause Analysis
Fire, Arson & Explosion Investigation in Germany

*Chemistry

AOAC
Chemical Analysis
Forensic Chemistry Network

*Computer investigation

Computer Crime - International review of criminal policy
Computer Forensic Ltd
Data Discovery : Forensics for the information age
FBI's National Computer Crime Squad
Florida Association of Computer Science Investigators

Forensic computer examination
High Tech Crime Investigation Association
Justice TRAX LIMS
Lee & Allen : Forensic Computing and Accounting

Terrorism Issues Page

*DNA / serology

Conference : Third Annual DNA FORENSICS June 14-15, 1999
5th International DNA Fingerprinting Conference
An interview with DNA Forensic Authority Dr. Bruce Weir
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Consulting
Bloodstain Evidence Institute
Canadian DNA Bill
DNA databases
DNA I.D.-kit
DNA Forensics : Crime
DNA frequency uncertainty
DNA on Trial (book)
DNAPrint - DNA fingerprint ID system
DNA Technology and Forensic Science
The European DNA profiling group (EDNAP)
Forensic Education and Consulting
Forensic Laboratory for DNA-research in Leiden (NL)

Forensic Mathematics
GDA: Software for the Analysis of Discrete Genetic Data
Internet Course on DNA-Analysis by Bruce Weir
Japanese Genome Information Research Center for DNA
Microfabricated DNA system
NIST Short tandem Repeat DNA Database
Standardization of DNA Profiling Techniques in the EU

*Documents/Handwriting

American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE)
Chris Anderson & Co Pvt Ltd., Australia .

Document Examination Consultants Inc, Canada
Gesellschaft für Forensische Schriftuntersuchung (GFS)
Guy Magny - Document Examiner - Canada
Hartford R. Kittel, J.D. - Examiner of Questioned Documents
Handwriting mailing list
Karl Heinz Marx - Handwriting (German)
National Association of Document Examiners
Nelson Document Investigation Laboratory
The Norwitch Document Laboratory Home Page (F. Harley Norwitch)

*Drugs

Books on designer Drugs
Future Synthetic Drugs of Abuse by Donald A. Cooper (DEA)
Drugs Links
Forensic Products & Services
Tackler Analytical : Drug Analysis
WWW Drug Information Server

*Engineering

Astleford Inc. Forensic Engineering
B. Miller Engineering
Fuller Engineering Consulting Service

*Explosives

Crippin's Place : Explosives
National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS)

*Fingerprints

Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)
The Cyanoacrylate Fuming Method
Cyanoacrylate (Superglue) Fuming Tips
Fingerprints : by Hans van den Nieuwendijk
IAFIS Scanner
RJM Forensic Lifescanner
Scientific Working Group on
Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology

Super Glue (cyanoacrylate) Fingerprint Processing Workshops

*Firearms

AFTE Association for Firearms and Toolmarks Examination
American Firearm Page
An automated system for macroscopic acquisition of images of firearm bullets - article
Nichols Research: Drugfire
Firearm Image Library (David M. Putzolu)
Forensic Firearms Videos
Forensic science and investigation : Firearms
How do Bullets Fly - by Ruprecht Nennstiel
National Rifle Association
Prediction of Firing Pin Shape from Primer Dent
Shooting Incident Reconstruction : Alexander Jason

*Hairs, Fibers

Atlas of Animal Hair
European Fibres Group (EFG)

*Image Processing

Aegis Inc. Forensic Animations
Cognitech video image processing
European Project on Forensic Image Processing IMPROOFS

Forensic Image Processing System
Forensic image restoration with Khoros
Free Radical: Consulting and Training
Image-Pro Plus Image enhancement software
Khoros shareware image processing package
Latentprint Imaging Services
LUCIA : Forensic Imaging
National Audio and Video Forensic Laboratory
National Legal Video Association
Video / Photograph investigation
William Watling's Expert Page

*Linguistics/audio

Forensic Audio
Forensic Audio Restoration
Poza Consulting - audio tape investigation

*Photography / art

Forensic and Environmental Research and Mapping Applications
Forensic Graphics and demonstrative evidence
Crime Scene Photography
Neville's Forensic Art Services

*Products

AFP Supply
M.M.C. International Forensic Products
KAPPA - Forensic Imaging Products
Photometrics Forensic Science Products
Tritech Specimen Collection Kits

*Toolmarks, Shoeprints, Tires, Locks

Cars database : tire tracks
ENFSI Working group Marks (Shoeprints / Toolmarks etc.)

Footwear- and Shoeprints: general information
Footwear & Tire Track Impression Evidence (C.A.S.T)
Literature file for shoeprints by Ernest Hamm
Recording, Enhancement and Recovery of Footwear Marks
Tread Assistants for Tires

*Toxicology

Alan Barbour's Forensic Toxicology Page
American Board of Forensic Toxicology
Dr. Bruce Goldberger's Forensic Toxicology Resource Links
Calfornia Association of Toxicologists
Forensic Toxicology Certification Board
Forensic Toxicology, University of Glasgow
The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT)
Intoxicon International
POISONLAB, a forensic and
Clinical toxicology testing laboratory

Rocky Mountain Instrumental Laboratories
Society of Forensic Toxicologists, Inc. (SOFT)

*Traffic

DYNAMICS, Traffic accents, Brazil
Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau
Northwestern University Traffic Institute
Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Visual Expert : Perception