Forensics Resources

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Crime Related Articles: Local, National and International news links for crime articles (link to the Patriot-News online)

1. Court TV

Court TV Crime Library - extensive article archive - in chapter format

http://www.crimelibrary.com/

2. About. com Crime and Punishment Website:

Latin Origin of Legal Terms

crime statistics at About.com

Legal resources at About.com

http://crime.about.com/

http://crime.about.com/od/glossarycourtroomterms/Glossary_of_Courtroom_Terms.htm

3. Law Dictionary online at

http://dictionary.law.com/

http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm

http://www.expertlaw.com/links/legal_dictionary.html

4. Legal Glossaries

Everybody's Legal Glossary http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm

http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/screens/glossary.html

added 9/9/05  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_custody

Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law

5. Expert Websites:

Medical Examiners website : "Dr. G" , Medical Examiner 

National Association of Medical Examiners

Forensic Scientist   Dr. Henry Lee's website   Blood evidence expert

If you want to study with Dr.Lee http://www.hcleeinstitute.com/

6. Zeno's Forensic Website Resources - good link for general information

7.  C.A.S.T. website on Tire and Footwear impressions

8. NecroSearch Internal website- very impressive bank of information on forensics

Interactive Crime Scenes and Mysteries:

http://www.mycriminaljustice.com/

interactive CSI game from the UK http://hiddenclue.co.uk/

From Texas Instruments http://www.tiforensics.com/

Careers in Forensic Science :

Do you understand what it means to become a Forensic Scientist?

Example Bluebook description of Forensic Science Major (PennState)

1. listing of national and international university programs http://www.forensics.ca/career_uni.php

and http://www.forensicpage.com/new05.htm

general list of undergraduate and graduate programs http://www.csfs.ca/caremp.htm

2. Interested in more death scene studies look at Forensic Entomology at PennState http://www.ento.psu.edu/ForensicSC/RevForensic2004.pdf

3. interesting website :http://www.forensictrak.com/

4.. Locally:

Bachelors Degree:

York College of Pennsylvania, Chemistry Department, York, PA  http://www.ycp.edu/academics/463.htm

Cedar Crest College, Chemistry Department and CSI Institutes, Allentown, PA http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/test/Chemical/chemical_frameset.htm

Associates or Certificate Degrees:

Central Pennsylvania College -Forensics Criminalistics Certificate

Harrisburg Area Community College HACC- Forensic Science Technicians or Forensic Science 2 year program in preparation to transfer to a 4 year program

Pennsylvania College of Technology , PennState, Williamsport,PA http://www.pct.edu/courdesc/SCI102.shtml

4. Crime Scene Investigation training: nice list of national training sites with associates degree programs listed, scroll down to Pennsylvania if you want to stay in the state:

http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/csi-training.html

5. Criminal Justice

Harrisburg Area Community College polygraph examiner

Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Schools link to list

National list http://www.guidetocriminaljusticeschools.com/?source=google_gtcj_forensic

6. Additional Resources

Anil Aggrawal's Forensic Careers Page good FAQ section towards the bottom

Big list of MORE Colleges and Universities with Programs