Sequential Unmasking Resources

Cognitive Bias in Forensic Science articles

Cognitive Bias supporting articles

Forensic and Legal Resources

Zeno's Forensic Page

Reddy's Forensic Page

Conventional serology technical resources
Sourcebook in Forensic Serology, Immunology, and Biochemistry: 1989 Update, R.E. Gaensslen, USDOJ, NIJ
(Scroll down to find the title, the chapters are downloadable as individual PDFs. If the link fails, just go to http://www.ncjrs.gov and perform a keyword search)

DNA technical and legal resources

Denver District Attorney's office
PDF downloads of DNA admissibility decisions

Scientific Testimony, An On-line Journal
PDF downloads of DNA admissibility decisions

STRbase
Maintained by NIST - All you ever wanted to know about STRs

Forensic Science books on-line

CRC Press FORENSICnetBASE
On-line access to their complete line of books on forensic topics, criminal justice, law enforcement and law

Government reports and publications

The Fingerprint Inquiry Report (The Scottish report instigated by the Shirley Mckie fingerprint misidentification - concludes fingerprint evidence is opinion, not fact) !new!

Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States, A Path Forward
Executive summary

An Independent Review of the NC SBI Laboratory

Report of Investigation of the Trace Evidence Section of the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center, State of New York, Office of the Inspector General

Report on the Erroneous Fingerprint Individualization in the Madrid Train Bombing Case

A Review of the FBI’s Progress in Responding to the Recommendations in the Office of the Inspector General Report on the Fingerprint Misidentification in the Brandon Mayfield Case !new!

The FBI DNA Laboratory Report : A Review of Protocol and Practice Vulnerabilities

Education and Training in Forensic Science: A Guide for Forensic Science Laboratories, Educational Institutions, and Students

The NRC report on elemental analysis of bullets

• Forensic Analysis: Weighing Bullet Lead Evidence (2004)

The NRC reports I and II are now available on-line

• DNA Technology in Forensic Science (1992)
• The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence (1996)

National Commission in the Future of DNA Evidence November 2000

• The Future of Forensic DNA Testing: Predictions of the Research and Development Working Group

National Commission in the Future of DNA Evidence September 1999

• What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence
  
• Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests

Convicted by Juries Exonerated by Science: Case Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence After Trial

Forensic Science Communications
On-line journal of the FBI

FBI Handbook of Forensic Services

Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat (Y-STR) Interpretation Guidelines, Scientific Working Group on DNA ANalysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Quality Assurance Audit for Forensic DNA and Convicted Offender DNA Databasing Laboratories, Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods 2009

Revised Validation Guidelines Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods

SWGDAM Interpretation Guidelines for Autosomal STR Typing by Forensic DNA Testing Laboratories 2010

USDOJ/OIG FBI DNA laboratory report

West Virginia Supreme Court Investigative Report on Fred Zain

Report of the Kaufman Commission on Proceedings involving Guy Paul Morin (a "must read" for forensic scientists, attorneys, and investigators)

Regina v. Peter Weller, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, Neutral Citation Number: [2010] EWCA Crim 1085, Case No: 2008/4666/B3 (decision mentioning the "experience" of examiners)

Professional resources

American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)

American Board of Criminalistics (ABC)

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD)

National Forensic Science Technology Center (NSFTC)

International Association of Forensic Science

International Association for Identification (IAI)

International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG)

Association of Firearm and Toolmark examiners (AFTE)

Association of Forensic DNA Analysts and Administrators (AFDAA)

California Association of Toxicologists (CAT)

International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA)

International Association for Chemical Testing (IACT)

International Association for Microanalysis (IAM)

Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO)

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD)

Canadian Society of Forensic Scientists (CSFS)

The British Forensic Science Society

The Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society

California Association of Criminalistics (CAC)

Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists (MAASF)

Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (MAFS)

Mid-Pacific Association of Forensic Scientists (MPAFS)

New Jersey Association of Forensic Scientists

Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists (NEAFS)

Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists (NWAFS)

Southern Association of Forensic Scientists (SAFS)

Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS)

Beyond statistics

Charles Brenner's Forensic Mathematics Page

True crime links

National Museum of Crime & Punishment, Washington, D.C.
The museum displays historically famout crime scenes and provide information concerning national crime and punishment

The Crime Library

The Sheppard Murder Case
Beacon Journal Series
Crime Library
Nova

The Shroud of Turin