Here are some useful links for anyone interested in the field of forensics. If you know of any sites not listed here, or if you discover any broken links, let us know.

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences: A professional society dedicated to the application of science to the law. Membership includes physicians, criminalists, toxicologists, attorneys, dentists, physical anthropologists, document examiners, engineers, psychiatrists, educators and others who practice and perform research in the many diverse fields relating to forensic science. The members of the Academy reside in all 50 United States, Canada and 50 other countries throughout the world.
  
  

• American Board of Forensic Anthropology: The unequivocal need to identify forensic scientists qualified to provide essential professional services for the nation's judicial and executive branches of government has long been recognized. In response to this professional mandate, the American Board of Forensic Anthropology was organized in 1977 to provide, in the interest of the public and the advancement of the science, a program of certification in forensic anthropology. In purpose, function, and organization, the ABFA is thus analogous to the certifying boards in various medical specialities and scientific fields.
  
  

• American Board of Forensic Entomology: Forensic Entomology, or Medicocriminal Entomology, is the science of using insect evidence to uncover circumstances of interest to the law, often related to a crime. The time of death, for example, can usually be determined using insect evidence gathered from and around a corpse, provided the evidence is properly collected, preserved and analyzed by an appropriately educated forensic entomologist.
  
  

• American Board of Forensic Odontology: The objective of the Board is to establish, enhance, and revise as necessary, standards of qualifications for those who practice forensic odontology, and to certify as qualified specialists those voluntary applicants who comply with the requirements of the Board.
  
  

• Anthromorphemics Anthropology Glossary: This service performs a case-insensitive search, and you don't need to put quotes around search words. You can use the booleans and, or, or not in searching. Without these booleans, we will assume you're "anding" the words together. Evaluation takes place from left to right only, although you can use parentheses to force the order of evaluation.
  
  

• Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team: Example cases from an array of countries.
  
  

• (BARFAA) Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association : The topical focus of our organization and our annual meeting is the excavation, curation, and analysis of human skeletal remains. Our goal is to provide a forum through which professionals and students can share information concerning results of analyses, new methods and techniques of data collection, curation issues, current legal issues, forensic applications, and teaching strategies.
  
  

• Biomet: Biomet.org aims to brings together a diverse set of biometric information and so provide an extensive web resource for biometric news, products and analysis. We are still at the stage of collecting information and the site will be rapidly improving over the next few weeks so please check back often. To keep up to date join the biomet.org mailing list.
  
  

• Bug Bios: Welcome to the bugbios.com web site, designed, researched and produced by Dexter Sear at I/0 Vision. This site aims to help you really see insects for the miniature marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined our cultures have become with these alien creatures.
  
  

• C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory: In 1972, William R. Maples, Ph.D., a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, accepted his first forensic case. Through his continuous dedication to the field of forensic anthropology, Dr. Maples increased his caseload to the point that a separate laboratory was deemed necessary.
  
  

• Forensic Art.com: Welcome to the world of Forensic Art. This site was developed out of the love of forensic art as well as a means of providing a resource to agencies or individuals that may require the services of a forensic artist. The site covers the various facets of forensic art, giving a brief description of each. Take time to view the various pages.
  
  

• FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT)-St. Louis Field Office: The St. Louis FBI Evidence Response Team (SLERT) consists of sixteen dedicated and trained Special Agent and support employees. Each team member brings with them specialized backgrounds and investigative insights to a variety of crime scenes.
  
  

• FBI Forensic Science Communication: A great online newsletter for the latest breaking news in the field of forensic science.
  
  

• Forensic-Evidence.com: Most trial lawyers, legal scholars, forensic scientists, and students of the law know that legal proof has evolved into a multi-disciplinary mosaic of law, art, science, and technology. As a consequence of our modern age, in which increasing specialization is being held out as a desirable means of solving difficult problems . . .
  
  

• ForensicAnthro.com: A new page offering information on education in forensic anthropology, books, resources, and forensic associations.
  
  

• International Association for Identification: This website is a professional tool to enable the members of the IAI to work together to expand our knowledge, ethical standards and professionalism, so please come to this website looking for knowledge and be willing to share the same.
  
  

• Osteo Interactive: Includes information on osteology, forensic anthropology, histology, paleopathology, and graduate programs in forensic anthropology at the University of Utah.
  
  

• Osteovox: A resource for links to databases, books, journals, university programmes, interactive tutorials and more in forensic anthropology.
  
  

• WWW BiologicalAnthropology Resources: Karen B. Supak's excellent site of links to Anatomy, Archaeology, Bibliographies, Case Studies, Dentition, Evolutionary Theory, Forensics, Genetics, Instructional Aides, Journals, NAGPRA, Osteology, Paleoanthropology, Primatology, Research and Methodology, and Skeletal Pathology.
  
  

• Zeno's Forensic Page: An excellent resource for all forensic sciences.

  
  

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