The purpose of this group is to encourage the exchange of ideas and information within the forensic sciences by improving contacts between people in the field.
I have recently added an integrated learning major of forensic science to my chemistry BS, and now I'm looking into what I can do for a job when I graduate. Does anyone know of good internships or programs for forensics that focuses on the chemistry aspect of it; a lot of what I've found has been anthropology or psych...
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The Analytical Division will be hosting a symposium titled 'Analytical Methods in Chemical Forensics' at the fall meeting in Denver. At the same meeting, the Chemistry & The Law Division will be hosting Forensic Science, Chemistry, and the Law sessions.
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There was a great article in today's Washington Post about a forensic scientist who is a finalist for the Samuel J Heyman Service to the America: Justice and Law Enforcement medal. Read the story: Hooked on forensics when forensics wasn't cool. How did you get hooked on forensics?
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What equipment or technique do you think is the most valuable tool for collecting or analyzing evidence from a crime scene? How is it used to analyze evidence?
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There's a great review of the recently released movie Contagion in C&EN. Did you see the movie? What you do think, did the film's producers get the science right?
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