• Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement (Jan 2000)
  Research Report intended for use by law enforcement with responsibilities for protecting crime scenes, preserving physical evidence, collection and submission of evidence for scientific examination.
• Crime Scene Investigation: A Reference for Law Enforcement Training (Jun 2004)
  Reference material designed to assist trainers and administrators in developing training programs for crime scene investigators.
• Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator (Nov 1997)
  Research study focused on the establishment of guidelines for conducting death investigations.
• Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders (April 2008)
  Reference guide regarding practices, procedures and decision making processes for investigating electronic crime.
• Fire and Arson Scene Evidence: A Guide for Public Safety Personnel (Jun 2000)
  Basic procedures are outlined for fire scene documentation and evidence collection.
• Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement (Apr 2004)
  Guide for the law enforcement community responsible for examination of digital evidence.
• Guide for Explosion and Bombing Scene Investigation (Jun 2000)
  This guide provides an investigative outline to be considered at every explosion scene to ensure that proper procedures are used to locate, identify, collect and preserve valuable evidence.
• Guide for the Selection of Personal Protection Equipment for Emergency First Responders
  (Nov 2002) This guide provides information when purchasing and using PPE.

• Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology (Mar 2003)
  An overview of DNA in the criminal justice system highlighting backlogs, funding, laboratory capacity, research and development, training, conviction and exoneration.
• DNA in "Minor" Crimes Yields Major Benefits in Public Safety (Nov 2004)
  Findings that biological evidence collected from property crime scenes can prevent future property crimes and more serious offenses.
• DNA Forensics: Learn the basics of the forensic use of DNA on this page from the Human Genome Project Information Web site.
• Identifying Victims Using DNA: A Guide for Families (Apr 2005)
  An overview of the process for family and friends to understand what DNA analysis can/cannot do and explains the differences between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
• Post conviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests (Sep 1999)
  This examines legal issues applied to DNA Technology in the appeals process.
• Preventable Crimes: case studies on the potential of DNA technology to reduce crime.
  Case studies presented on this site are from an NIJ-funded independent study.
• Understanding DNA Evidence: A Guide for Victim Service Providers (May 2001)
  A brochure describing the value of DNA evidence for victim service providers so that they can understand the potential significance of DNA evidence to their clients' cases.
• The Unrealized Potential of DNA Testing (Jun 1998)
  Discussions on how DNA testing has been expanded to new items of forensic evidence to identify perpetrators and exonerate people falsely convicted.
• Special Report, Using DNA to Solve Cold Cases (Oct 2002)
  Practical resources for law enforcement personnel reviewing old, cold or unsolved cases with the potential of being solved through the use of DNA Technology and databases.

• Identifying Victims Using DNA: A Guide for Families (Apr 2005)
  An overview of the process for family and friends to understand what DNA analysis can/cannot do and explains the differences between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
• Mass Fatality Incidents: A Guide for Human Forensic Identification Technical Working Group for Mass Fatality Forensic Identification (Jun 2005)
  A Special report providing guidelines for disaster plans and victim identification.

• Laboratory Auditing and Accreditation: A CD-Based Workshop (2001) A CD designed to help labs understand the accreditation process of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB).

• Recommendations and Guidelines for the Use of Digital Image Processing in the Criminal Justice System (Jan. 2003)
  The objective is to ensure the successful introduction of forensic imagery as evidence in a court of law.
• Report to the Attorney General on Delays in Forensic DNA Analysis (Mar 2003)
  Special Report examines the reasons for the backlogs of crime scene evidence awaiting DNA analysis.

(Website maintained by the Department of Justice highlighting the President's DNA Initiative - Advancing Justice through DNA Technology)

• What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence
  Focuses on issues that arise for the first-responding law enforcement officer.
• Interactive Training Tool on Principles of Forensic DNA
  This website offers free, self-paced online courses, as well as other training resources targeted towards criminal justice professionals, i.e., law enforcement, forensic scientists, court officers, medical personnel, and victim advocates, to preserve, identify, analyze and present DNA evidence.
• Preventable Crimes: case studies on the potential of DNA technology to reduce crime.
  Case studies presented on this site are from an NIJ-funded independent study.
• Publications: Publications containing information on DNA technology and its applications in criminal justice systems.

• Forensic Science Communications
  A peer-reviewed forensic science journal published quarterly in January, April, July, and October by FBI Laboratory personnel. It is a means of communication between forensic scientists.
• Handbook of Forensic Services (Revised 2007)
  The purpose of the Handbook of Forensic Services is to provide guidance and procedures for safe and efficient methods of collecting, preserving, packaging, and shipping evidence and to describe the forensic examinations performed by the FBI's Laboratory Division and Investigative Technology Division. (202 pages, pdf)
• DEA Microgram Bulletin
  Microgram Bulletin is a monthly newsletter published by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Forensic Sciences, and is primarily intended to assist and serve forensic scientists concerned with the detection and analyses of suspected controlled substances for forensic/law enforcement purposes.