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Becoming a Forensics Crime Scene Investigator
An overview of education requirements and specialty areas of forensics investigators is provided for those who are interested in investigating crimes.
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I SECOND THAT EMOTION: Feelings and dealing with the dead
Forget TV, movies and books. Want to know what someone really thinks about when they're up to their waist in dead bodies, day in and day out?
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Clandestine Drug Labs and Removing Toxic Waste
Removing toxic waste and the remediation of the site after an illegal drug lab bust is a complicated and costly exercise, from contamination detection to encapsulation.
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Online Directories of Expert Witnesses
Expert witnesses can have the power to greatly influence the outcome of a court case. It is important that a professional witness has the right qualifications and skills.
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Profile: Dr Henry C Lee
Dr. Henry C Lee is one of the most popular instructors in crime scenes, forensic evidence and criminal investigation in the law enforcement field.
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Things You Should Know About DNA Profiling
DNA Profiling or Fingerprinting is one of the most useful and accurate of all forensic science tools especially as DNA analysis techniques are constantly evolving.
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Toolmarks at a Crime Scene
Toolmarks examination is an important discipline of forensic science. When tools are used at a crime scene they can be linked to the unique toolmarks.
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Urban Legend - A Definition
Forensic Science is teeming with urban legends or "believe it or not" stories that do the rounds on the internet and spread like wildfire on the electronic grapevine.
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What is Mitochondrial DNA?
DNA-based technologies have enormous forensic implications in the fight against crime. Mitochondrial DNA MtDNA is perfect for older, smaller or degraded samples.
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Forensic Science T-shirts
Forensic Science is popular. It has become a topic with which the layperson wants to identify. T-shirts, caps, games and other merchandise are great gift ideas.
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What is a Forensic Entomologist?
Forensic entomology is the use of insect knowledge in legal issues. Forensic entomologists are now coming into their own.
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What is Forensic Psychiatry?
Forensic Psychiatry is a combination of the law and psychiatric practice that deals with issues like criminal responsibility.
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FIBERS - PART ONE: THE NATURAL LOOK
We are surrounded by fabrics and upholstery--and these tiny fibers can provide a link between the killer and the victim.
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Forensic Science, Television, and the Internet Revisited
A description of some of the websites for your favorite forensic science programs, focusing on the improvements made to these sites in the last year.
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Career Opportunities in Criminal Justice
Criminal justice offers a host of exciting, fulfilling career opportunities from police work to law enforcement, private security, or work in correctional facilities.
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Careers in Criminal Psychology
Criminal Psychology is the act of applying psychological principles to the criminal justice system.
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Histories' Mysteries
DNA has helped solve some of the mysteries of history, like Princess Anastasia, The Lost Dauphin of France, and Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.
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Battlefield Forensics
Military operations in the global war on terrorism have made new demands from the forensic science disciples. This discipline is called battlefield forensics.
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Book Review: Evidence from the Earth
<I>Evidence from the Earth</I> is an interesting book about the development of forensic criminal investigation, and how geology can be used to solve crimes.
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Catching Criminals with Bugs
Creepy crawly bugs are put to good use by forensic entomologists, who use flies and beetles to help law enforcement officials catch criminals.
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Forensic Evidence in the Ramsey Case
There seemed to be a surplus of forensic evidence in the unsolved JonBenet Ramsey Case. Sadly, the entire criminal justice system botched the investigation.
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Forensic Fiber Analysis
Fibers are an important part of trace evidence used to track suspects. Forensic fiber analysis is a critical element in crime scene investigation.
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Forensic Hair Analysis Faulty
The analysis of hair left behind at a crime scene has put many a bad guy behind bars; some of those "bad guys" weren't bad guys at all.
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Forensic or Scientific Handwriting Analysis
A handwriting analyst with forensic training can determine, by comparing a document with samples of the same handwriting, if it is real or a forgery.
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Highlander 1986 Film Starring Sean Connery
Immortals exist in secret, and they battle one another through the centuries until only a few remain and are drawn together for the final battle - the Gathering
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Profiling, Part VI: Other Profilers & More Information
A brief discussion of other profiling methods and reading suggestions.
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Setback for LCN DNA
When Sean Hoey was freed in Belfast, Northern Ireland after being accused of 29 counts of murder for the Omagh Bombing, the troubles for LCN DNA were just beginning.
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The Turin Shroud - Is it Genuine or a Fake?
Doctor and scientist Richard Kent conducted an in-depth study of the Turin Shroud. He claims he has evidence to support the genuineness of this amazing artifact.
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The Vital Role of Forensic Science
Forensic Science is making the prosecution of the perpetrators of crime easier by making the evidence collected at crime scenes irrefutable.
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Trace Evidence Analyst
Good trace evidence analysis is essential to the processing of a crime scene. Trace evidence analysts also investigate arson and road accidents.
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Tragic Death of Prince Rudolf
The deaths of the heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his lover was obviously a murder-suicide - or was it?
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Book Him Danno – Murder One!
TV and Radio broadcasters have long found that crime really does pay. Not that they do it, of course. But they are well and truly hooked on police stories. In this article and the next one, we’ll look at the continuing fascination that TV and radio has with cop shows.
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Book Reviews of the Top Criminal Profiling Texts
The follow up to last weeks reviews on Criminal Profiling Laymans Novels. This week take a look at the actual texts the experts use!
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I SECOND THAT EMOTION, PART II: I am not a ghoul!
When you work with decomposed bodies, smelly clothing and buckets of blood, the question keeps coming up: What kind of sick human being actually WANTS to do this for a living?
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SHATTERED: Forensic Glass Analyses
Hasty criminals can often leave shattered glass in their wake. They don't realize that the hard, clear stuff can tell us more than they expect.
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SHOT THROUGH THE HEART - What Gunshot Residue Can and Can't Tell
Shooting someone leaves all sorts of evidence all over the place--but what does it mean?
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What is Low Copy Number DNA?
Maybe LCN DNA is the next frontier. It has proven helpful in cold cases but because of the small samples there are big risks of contamination and accuracy.
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Creating a Demand For Your Book
Creating a demand for a book is like creating a demand for any other product. Pay attention to marketing tricks used in industry. There's an audience for everything.
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Creating the Blockbuster Setting, Part I: Location
One of the most important choices you will make as a fiction author is where you set your story. Next to character and theme, location can determine the success of your novel.
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Critical Media Analysis of "Law and Order"
Colorado State University student Tara Egemo examines <i>Law and Order</i>'s resistance to "the cultural stigma that the law is held in the hands of incompetent buffoons."
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Environmental Forensics Tests Chinese Drywall
Homes built with drywall from China are suffering from problems with air quality and metal corrosion. Environmental forensic testing could identify the problem.
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Forensic Science, Television, and the Internet
A discussion of websites related to the television shows "Forensic Files," "The New Detectives," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and "Autopsy" outlining their best features.
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LITTLE KNOWN ASPECTS OF DNA ANALYSIS
Everyone knows DNA is forensic magic, but mystery novelists could get some mileage out of the more practical problems which pop up--such as, in which kind of analysis do we invest taxpayer money? Which gives the fastest results? And who gets the bill?
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Shame About the Script
Watching an old 70s TV programme reveals that many of today's top shows are like mostly froth and bubble. Take away the pretty images and there's nothing underneath. Suite 101 asks why?
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Cruising the Inside Passage to Alaska
Cruising the Inside passage to Alaska on the ms Veendam. "Shipboard" the first of the Alaska series relates: Things to do, to see, slices of Life on board, as we cruise the beautiful inside passge from scenic Vancouver to Juneau, our first port of call. Lots of shipboard pictures. Alaska links and discussion. Please join me.
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Handprint on Jail Cell 17 Wall
Molly Maguire Alexander Campbell, convicted of murder, was executed. He maintained his innocence, leaving his handprint as proof in the Carbon County Prison.
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NCIS Los Angeles Series 1 Identity - Review
Following in the footsteps of CSI and Law & Order, Donald Bellisario's highly successful military cop drama gets the spin off treatment with disappointing results.
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