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Forensic Academy

Forensic Academy Session 3 - Forensic DNA Analysis: Cracking the Code (2024-03-12)

Forensic Academy Session 4 - Toxicology and Drug Analysis (2024-04-09)

Forensic Academy Session 5 - Pattern Matching Evidence (2024-04-09)

Forensic Academy Session 6 - Ballistics (2024-06-11)

Forensic Academy Session 7 - Digital Forensics/Location Data (2024-08-13)

DNA

DNA Mixture Interpretation NIST Scientific Foundation Review (2021-06)

DNA Basics to Advanced Presentation (2021)

How to Identify Forensics Issues in Your Case - What You Should Ask For and How (2024-02-05)

Lab Based Forensics - DNA and Toxicology (2024-02-05)

ACCR/PDAP Webinar

Cross Examining the DNA Analyst - Mary DeFusco

The Ground Truth About Latent Fingerprints

ACCR/PDAP Webinar - Ballistics & GSR (2023-07-24)

ACCR/PDAP Webinar - Cell Phone Forensics (2023-04-26)

Trainings & Resources

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