Forensics Resources

Forensic Items Purchased

  1. ABO/Rh Simulated Blood Typing Laboratory Kit, Flinn Scientific Catalog # FB1225.
    http://www.flinnsci.com/
  2. Female Human Skull, catalog # 246949, Adult Human Skull, catalog # 702651, Male Pelvis, catalog # 247755, Female Pelvis, catalog # 247765: Carolina Biological Supply Company 2700 York Road, Burlington, NC 27215-3398, 1-800-334-5551.
    http://www.carolina.com
  3. Refractive index liquids and glass from R.P. Cargille Laboratories, 55 Commerce Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 57009
    http://www.cargille.com/
  4. Slides of fibers and hair from R.P. Cargille Laboratories, 55 Commerce Road, Cedar Grove, NJ 57009
    http://www.cargille.com/
  5. Introduction to Toxicology Lab Kit # ER-69-9764: Carolina Biological Supply Company 2700 York Road, Burlington, NC 27215-3398, 1-800-334-5551.
    http://www.carolina.com/
  6. Cargille laboratories for background information and slides of hair and fiber.
    http://www.cargille.com/
  7. Blood Alcohol Determination Kit # ER-69-9772: Carolina Biological Supply Company 2700 York Road, Burlington, NC 27215-3398, 1-800-334-5551.
    http://www.carolina.com/
  8. Cargille laboratories for background information and slides of hair and fiber.
    http://www.cargille.com/
  9. DNA can be obtained from:
    http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/default.asp or
    http://www.bio-rad.com (both are very teacher friendly)
  10. Fingerprinting supplies:
    http://www.sirchie.com/
  11. Paper Chromatography rolls from Fisher Scientific Fisher
    (https://www1.fishersci.com/index)
  12. Thin Layer Chromatography kit from Flinn Scientific Catalog # AP4504
    http://www.flinnsci.com/

Forensic Books and Curriculum Used:

  1. Evans, Colin, “The Casebook of Forensic Detection”. New York: John Wiley, 1966. ISBN 047128369X  (source of many crime stories)
  1. Funkhouser, John, and Barbara Deslich, “Forensic Science: A Problem Solving Approach for High School, a course curriculum.”  Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
  1. Innes, Brian, “Bodies of Evidence.”  Pleasantville, New York, The Reader’s Digest Association by arrangement with Amber Books Ltd.  Amber Books Ltd, Bradley’s Close, 74-77 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF, 2000.  ISBN 0-7621-0295-0. (source of many crime stories)
  1. Ludas, Joseph M., “Fingerprint Discoveries,” Sirchie fingerprint laboratories, Forensic Press, 100 Hunter Place, Youngsville, NC, 1996. http://www.forensicpress.com/afisinstructor.html
  1. Maples, William R., “Dead Man Do Tell Tales,” Broadway Books, a division of Random House, Inc, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, 1994. (Information on Anthropology – easy and interesting to read) ISBN 0-385-47968-9
  1. Meloan, Clifton E., James, Richard E. and Saperstein, Richard, “Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science” Lab Manual, seventh edition, Prentice Hall.  Upper Saddle, NJ, 07458, 2001.  ISBN 0-13-02053-8
  1. Platt, Richard, “Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science,” DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, 2003.  ISBN 0-7894-8891-4
  1. Ramsland, Katherine, “The Forensic science of C.S.I.” Berkeley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, 2001.  ISBN 0-425-18359-9
  1. Roueche, Berton, “The Medical Detectives,” Penguin Books 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014, 1991.  ISBN 0-452-26588-6 (good short stories that solve medical mysteries)
  1. Saperstein, Richard, “Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science,” Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle, NJ 07458, 2001.  ISBN 0-13-013827-4 (textbook with lots of background information and figures)
  1. Walker, Pam and Wood, Elaine; “Crime Scene Investigations – Real Life Science Labs for Grades 6-12,” Prentice Hall (Simon and Schuster) by The Center for Applied Research in Education, West Nyack, NY 10994, 1998.  ISBN 0-87628-135-8 (www.phdirect.com)
  2. Rathbun, Ted (lecture notes from an NCCAT seminar) http://archaeology.about.com/library/univ/blsouthcarolina.htm
 
Forensic Activities & Webquests

DNA Forensics: Crime
One quick exp., match blood by DNA fingerprints

Who Dunnit?
Middle school, fun and cute. http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html

"Bones and Badges" webquests.
Large web quest that can be done in teams with different cases:
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kearny/forensic/

Many interesting crime stories on the web from these sites.

http://www.crimespider.com/
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/tylenol/
http://www.safran-arts.com/42day/history/h4may/h4may08.html
www.courttv.com

Forensic Website Lesson Plans

Archaeological Detectives--Forensic Science lesson plan (grades 6-8)-Discovery School http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/archdetectives/ (nice activity)

Writing as Criminal Evidence--Forensic Science/Physical Science lesson plan (grades 6-8)
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/forgery/

Similar Substances--Forensic Science/Physical Science lesson plan (grades 6-8)--
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/simsubstances/

Forensic Detectives: Who Did It?--Forensic Science/Physical Science lesson plan
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/whodidit/

The Lesson Plan Library offers forensic science lesson plans for teachers. http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/forensics.html

Website of a forensic science project with many on line activities: You mail email the author for more instructions and a login and password to use the site.
http://www.schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/fscience/e/stdinfo/bkgrdfor.htm


Forensic General Information

Forensic Links (general forensic science information) http://www.hendersonville-pd.org/links/forensics.html

DNA Forensics (good background information about DNA fingerprinting) http://www.kumc.edu/gec/forensic.html

Anthropology Websites:

(http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/anth/phys/internet.htm):

Anthro.Net
A search engine that "queries a database of over 40,000 reviewed web sites with anthropological content built by the interests of its users."
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Maintained by the American Anthropological Association.
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Maintained by Bernard-Olivier Clist.
Anthropology Web Sites (University of California, Santa Barbara) Basic presentation is by topical focus: Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Physical Anthropology; and geographic focus.
Biological Anthropology (Yahoo)
http://www.physanth.org/
http://www.carolina.com/anthropology/index.asp
http://archaeology.about.com/library/univ/blsouthcarolina.htm

Blood:

http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/landsteiner/readmore.html
http://129.128.91.75/de/immunology/70imm-ag.html (Red blood cell information)

Chemical Analysis Websites:

HPLC Chromatography tutorial:
http://www.ionsource.com/tutorial/chromatography/rphplc.htm

Infrared Spectroscopy tutorial:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/edison/IRTutor.html
http://www.organicworldwide.net/infrared.html

Toxins:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/tylenol/
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/cgi-bin/bbbglos?Tetrodotoxin

Fingerprints

http://www.met.police.uk/so/100years/history.htm  (History of the fingerprint bureau) http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/dcjs/html/nyidbur2.html (includes Bertillon method information) http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/dcjs/html/nyidbur3.html (American system of fingerprinting) Sirchie© Fingerprint Laboratories, Inc. is a fully integrated manufacturer of quality products for the worldwide law enforcement community.
http://www.sirchie.com/

Hair

http://www.natural-hair.com/structure.html (nice figure of hair structure) http://www.salonweb.com/gold/tri.htm (discusses hydrogen bonds and beta structure of the hair)

Videos

 "Court TV Forensics Collection" 5 episodes on 1 tape (1995-1999, approximately 2 hours) Court TV. 600 Third Ave. NY, NY 10016. www.courttv.com

Forensic Supply Websites

Cargille laboratories for background information and slides of hair and fiber.
http://www.cargille.com/

Carpenter's Forensic Science Resources: lots of different types of resources for forensic sciences. http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/

Carolina Biological Supply Company http://www.carolina.com

Crime and Forensic supplies, Fingerprinting kits and supplies, and Evidence Pack

http://www.flinnsci.com/

Sirchie© Finger Print Laboratories, Inc. is a fully integrated manufacturer of quality products for the worldwide law enforcement community
http://www.sirchie.com/

REDDY'S FORENSIC HOME PAGE  (general forensic science information) http://www.forensicpage.com/

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