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Forensic Science Links | |
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information on all aspects of the fascinating world of forensic science
can be found on the World Wide Web. One potential drawback for UK residents
is that the majority of these websites are based in the USA. The US criminal
justice system, and the structure of forensic science services, differs
significantly from that in the UK, and this can sometimes lead to confusion.
However many of these websites are very interesting and informative, and
it should be remembered that the fundamental scientific principles of forensic
science are the same in any country and any language.
Some useful and informative forensic websites, and links to these sites, are given below: The Forensic Science Service, http://www.forensic.gov.uk, is an executive agency of the Home Office and the main provider of forensic science services to police forces in England and Wales. The Forensic Science Society, http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk, is a UK-based independent organisation dedicated to the application of science to the cause of justice. The society was founded in the 1950s and is now a major influence in international forensic science. Forensic Access, http://www.forensic-access.co.uk,
is the UK's leading independent forensic science consultancy service.
Crime-Scene-Investigator.net, http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net, provides a good introduction to the main aspects of crime scene investigation, including crime scene management, crime scene photography, documentation and search procedures. The site also has references to many useful textbooks, written articles and other websites. Reddy's Forensic Home Page, at http://www.forensicpage.com, is published by Reddy P Chamakura, an experienced forensic scientist employed by the New York City Police Department. The site contains many links to sites of both general and specialist forensic interest. The International Bureau for the Standardisation of Man-Made Fibres (BISFA) has a useful website on artificial fibres and methods for testing them at http://www.bisfa.org. Links to a number of websites
containing general forensic information or more specific information, such
as murder case studies, can be found at the Yahoo! Inc Forensic Webpage
at http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Forensics
Some excellent textbooks on general forensic science have also been published in recent years. Some of these are listed below: Crime Scene to Court: The
Essentials of Forensic Science, Peter White (ed), Royal Society of Chemistry,
1998,
Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, Richard Saferstein, Prentice-Hall, 1998, ISBN 0135929407 Crime Science: Methods of
Forensic Detection, Joe Nickell and John F Fischer, University Press of
Kentucky, 1999,
Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Barry AJ Fisher, CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 0849381193 Traces of Guilt - Forensic
Science and the Fight Against Crime, Hugh Miller, BBC Books, 1995, ISBN
0563369647
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