PBS
Pbs: What Jennifer Saw
How can eyewitness identification go wrong? What role can DNA play in protecting the innocent? This interesting site answers these questions and gets the opinions of several DNA experts on this fascinating subject.
Other
Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
Other
Crime Scene Investigator: Searching and Examining a Major Case Crime Scene
An engrossing explanation of the appropriate behavior needed at a major crime scene. What should be done with the body? How is photography handled? What about fingerprinting? How are curious onlookers dealt with? The answers to the...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: The Marsh Test
The Marsh Test, developed in 1832, was designed to detect poison in drinks. A short history of this test is provided along with photo of the test apparatus.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Key Accomplishments, Radiology
A history of radiology is featured from 1901 until 2003. Succinct paragraphs cover the highlights of each discvery.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Key Accomplishments, Toxicology
The history of toxicology is discussed from 1702 through 1966. Explanations of major discoveries are brief and to the point.
PBS
Pbs: Interview With Bennett Gershman, Former Prosecutor
Why does the criminal justice system resist reopening cases based on new DNA evidence? This former prosecutor sheds light on the answer in this informative interview.
PBS
Pbs: Interview With Jim Liebman, Constitutional Law Professor at Columbia Univ.
Does innocence matter in our criminal justice system? Don't the DNA cases show that we are not getting the right outcome in more cases than we previously thought?
Curated OER
Computer Reconstruction of Bite Mark, 2003
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Ct Section of a Gunshot Wound Shows Bone and Bullet Fragments in the Wound Track
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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3 D Ct Reconstruction of Bony Skull With Bullet Wounds
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Classical Ct Scout View, 2003
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Mri Cross Section Shows Wound Track Through the Brain Stem and the Cerebellum
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Skeletal Reconstruction, 2003
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Computer Reconstruction of Bite Mark, 2003
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mildred Trotter (1899 1991)
Anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter (1899-1991), graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1920 and received Ph.D. from Washington University in 1924; except for serving as a U.S. Army forensic anthropologist following World War II,...