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Automated DNA Comparison Software - http://www.ananomouse.com/ Software company providing a solution for the identification of victims of a mass disaster or missing persons incidents.

CODIS: Combined DNA Index System - http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/html/codis1.htm 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.

DNA as a forensic instrument - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.3/dna-forensic.html Article discussing the potential and limitations of DNA, published in 1996 by Columbia University, NY.

DNA Forensics - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml 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.

DNA Forensics Problem Set - http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/DNA_forensics_1/DNA_forensics.html The Biology Project at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

FBI's DNA Program - http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress01/dwight061201.htm Congressional Statement 2001, with link to previous years, by Forensic Analysis Branch, before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC.

Forensic DNA Consulting - http://www.forensicdna.com/Consulting.htm Resource aimed at attorneys, placing DNA testing in perspective. Search for expert witness, training, articles and bibliography from Richmond, CA.

Forensic Mathematics - http://dna-view.com/ Page of links on maths behind DNA identification and population genetics. Reports and biostatistics software from consultant in Oakland, CA.

Frontline - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/interviews/ Interviews in which DNA evidence was involved in court cases, with more examples since 1987, by searching PBS from Alexandria, VA.

Gene Almanac - http://vector.cshl.org/general/search.pl?terms=Forensic Discussing the science behind DNA fingerprinting technology and its use inside the courtroom. Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Genetics in the Courtroom - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/judges/judgetoc.html Articles written in 1997, facing genetics issues, from The Judges' Journal of the American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.

Guide for Victim Service Providers - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/BC000657.htm Published May 2001, to provide an understanding of DNA evidence, by the National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC.

How DNA Evidence Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm Introduction to the steps in DNA fingerprinting evidence gathering for law enforcement, and its application from Howstuffworks Inc., Raleigh, NC.

http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/ - http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/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.

Investigation of Forensic Evidence - http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/kruglick/kruglick.html Introductory tutorial on courtroom reporting of laboratory results, including checklists for forensic DNA-typing case-specific issues from law offices in Mill Valley, CA.

National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/forensics/dna/commission/welcome.html 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.

National DNA Data Bank - http://www.nddb-bndg.org/main_e.htm 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.

Offender DNA Matches - http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/exp_dna/ Article reviewing the forensic testing of DNA recovered from crime scenes, linking offenders to their crimes by referral to the State's DNA Data Bank by the Bureau of Research and Evaluation, NY.

Population Distribution - http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/interview_dr_bruce_weir.html 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, NC.

Survey of DNA Crime Laboratories - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/sdnacl01.htm 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.

The complexity of DNA testing - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1994195.stm News story explaining why identification may takes weeks, in the case of Daniel Pearl after exhuming a body in Karachi, Pakistan. - BBC, UK.

True Crimes - Investigations & DNA - http://www.karisable.com/crdna1.htm Compilation of related links about crime and forensics

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