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• Learn more about working as a Scenes-of-Crime Officer
• A story about document forensics
• Get your teeth into forensic dentistry
• DNA fingerprinting, one of the newest forensic techniques
• The growing field of forensic palynology
• An Australian innovation that has taken the forensic world by storm, the polilight

• Fingerprinting

More information about forensic science

• Comparing real forensics work with TV shows
• Find a list of forensics courses in Australia (search for 'forensic')
• So you want to be a forensic scientist?
• FBI investigates - an online forensic investigation
• A virtual forensic investigation
• A collection of interactive activities based around forensic investigations

Want to investigate more forensic science? Try these science activities from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club:

• Fingerprinting using superglue
• Catching criminals with colour
• Extracting DNA - the first step in DNA fingerprinting

• Dr Rob
• Detective Sergeant Peter Hennessy - Fingerprint Expert
• Dr Alex Forrest - Forensic Odontologist
• Lynne Milne - Forensic Palynologist