Automated DNA Comparison Software - Software company providing a solution for the identification of victims of a mass disaster or missing persons incidents. - http://www.ananomouse.com/
National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence - Site seeks to maximize the value of forensic DNA evidence in the criminal justice system. Transcripts, publications, programs and what's new from the NIJ, Washington, DC. - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/forensics/dna/commission/welcome.html
CODIS: Combined DNA Index System - Guidelines for collecting and submitting evidence in blood and saliva samples, quality assurance, statistics and links to participating states, from the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. - http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/index1.htm
Genetics in the Courtroom - Articles written in 1997, facing genetics issues, from The Judges' Journal of the American Bar Association, Chicago, IL. - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/judges/judgetoc.html
DNA Forensics - Comprehensive resource covering forensic identification, arising from the human genome project, discussing accuracies, potential applications and databases such as the Combined DNA Index System. Maintained at Oak Ridge, TN. - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
The complexity of DNA testing - News story explaining why identification may takes weeks, in the case of Daniel Pearl after exuming a body in Karachi, Pakistan. - BBC, UK. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1994195.stm
Forensic DNA Consulting - Resource aimed at attorneys, placing DNA testing in perspective. Search for expert witness, training, articles and bibliography from Richmond, CA. - http://www.forensicdna.com/Consulting.htm
Offender DNA Matches - Article reviewing the forensic testing of DNA recovered from crime scenes, linking offenders to their crimes by referal to the State's DNA Data Bank by the Bureau of Research and Evaluation, NY. - http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/exp_dna/
National DNA Data Bank - Explains history, privacy, security, statistics and case examples, with FAQ to justify the instigation of DNA fingerprinting upon conviction, for criminal records held in Ottawa, ON, Canada. - http://www.nddb-bndg.org/main_e.htm
FBI's DNA Program - Congressional Statement 2001, with link to previous years, by Forensic Analysis Branch, before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC. - http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress01/dwight061201.htm
Survey of DNA Crime Laboratories - Data obtained in 2001 from 110 of the 120 estimated known DNA crime labs as collated, and compared with 1998, by Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC. - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/sdnacl01.htm
Gene Almanac - Discussing the science behind DNA fingerprinting technology and its use inside the courtroom. Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. - http://vector.cshl.org/general/search.pl?terms=Forensic
Investigation of Forensic Evidence - Introductory tutorial on courtroom reporting of laboratory results, including checklists for forensic DNA-typing case-specific issues from law offices in Mill Valley, CA. - http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/kruglick/kruglick.html
Hope Hall DNA Action Memorial - Describes killer's identification, four years after the violent rape and murder of Hope Denise Hall in 1994, during random DNA search, conducted by forensic scientists in Petersburg, VA. - http://www.hope-dna.com/
Forensic Mathematics - Page of links on maths behind DNA identification and population genetics. Reports and biostatistics software from consultant in Oakland, CA. - http://dna-view.com/
DNA Forensics Problem Set - The Biology Project at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. - http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/DNA_forensics_1/DNA_forensics.html
Population Distribution - Interview in January 1995 discussing demographic frequency of alleles, and accuracy of PCR in law enforcement. Link to CNN report on OJ Simpson Trial, from expert witness Dr Bruce Weir, Professor of Statistics and Genetics, North Carolina State University - http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/interview_dr_bruce_weir.html
Frontline - Interviews in which DNA evidence was involved in court cases, with more examples since 1987, by searching PBS from Alexandria, VA. - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/interviews/
STRBase - Short Tandem Repeat database for genetic mapping and identity testing, comprehensively explained and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. - http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/
How DNA Evidence Works - Introduction to the steps in DNA fingerprinting evidence gathering for law enforcement, and its application from Howstuffworks Inc., Raleigh, NC. - http://www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm
DNA as a forensic instrument - Article discussing the potential and limitations of DNA, published in 1996 by Columbia University, NY. - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.3/dna-forensic.html