Fulfilling the Promise of DNA Technology
President’s DNA Initiative Brings Hope of Crime Lab Funding, Backlog Resolution
By Kelly M. Pyrek

Crime Lab Design is in the Details
By Kelly M. Pyrek

Forensic Photography:
The Pros and Cons of Going Digital
By John Roark

EDITOR’S LETTER
Demanding Respect for Forensic Science

PERSPECTIVES
Field Needs Adequate Funding, National Forensic Science Commission

SPECIAL SECTION
Advances in DNA

NEWS & VIEWS
Industry News Briefs, Off the Bookshelf, Notes from the Field

12/04/2003

Cal State L.A. Offers Winter Series Focus on Forensic Science

11/25/2003

DNAPrint Announces Forensic Eye Color Results at Amsterdam Forensic Meeting; World's First Genomics-Derived Test For Forensics Investigation With Predictive Capabilities

Orchid Cellmark Awarded FBI Contracts to Develop SNP Technology for Advanced Forensic Applications

11/17/2003

Zebra Technologies and Porter Lee Partner to Fight Crime; CSI Bar Code Application Increases Security While Reducing Time in Tracking Evidence From Collection to Disposition

11/14/2003

LUC Treats Launches Line of Mints/Gum to Help Stop Domestic Violence

New Evidence About the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Revealed

11/11/2003

Study Documents Law Enforcement Efforts Combating Internet Sex Crimes Against Children

11/04/2003

Leading DNA-Testing Company Chooses Inquisite Survey Technology

Orchid Cellmark is First U.S. Private Forensic DNA Testing Lab to Receive ISO 17025 Accreditation

Orchid Cellmark Helps Houston Police Identify Suspect in Decade-Old Serial Killer Case

National Science Teachers Association Teams With Court TV To Bring Forensics to the Science Classroom

10/23/2003

Crime Laboratory Design Firm Adds New Senior Project Architect

10/13/2003

Ventura County Sheriff's Department Ensures Integrity of Crime Laboratory Evidence with BNX Systems' Authentication Solution

10/02/2003

Call for Abstracts for Third National Sexual Violence Prevention Conference

Solving the Great American Murder Mystery: A National Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination

FBI Director Mueller Selects Arthur Money to Chair FBI Science and

Violence Policy Center Releases New Study, 'When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2001 Homicide Data'

Fifth Annual National Conference on Science and the Law to be Held in March 2004

09/30/2003

Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Selects Visual Analytics Best-of-Breed Analytical Software for Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LInX)

09/29/2003

British Transport Police Significantly Reduces Forensic Result Times With LGC Contract

09/23/2003

Evidence of Second Shooter in J.F.K. Assassination Released in New Book

Noted Criminal Profiler to Address Cleveland Security Group

Sex Offender Ruling Harms Future Victims in Reporting Abuse and Rape, Therapist Says

09/18/2003

"CSI" Fourth-Season Premiere Event Honors California Forensic Science Institute at Cal State L.A.

09/16/2003

American Society for Clinical Pathology Honors CSI Star/Co-Executive Producer William Petersen

9-11 Victim Identification Project Results in One-of-a-kind Software for Mass Fatality Situations

Preliminary FBI Data Shows Slight Decrease in Crime Index From 2001 Figures

ISYS Search Software Used by Salt Lake City Detectives in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping Investigation