Resources
The SIUE campus itself is a resource, and undergraduate forensic experiments have been conducted outdoors on campus. Facilities available in Edwardsville for undergraduate research in Forensic Sciences at SIUE include labs in Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences. Resources include human and non-human skeletal collections, a variety of instrumentation (confocal microscopes, atomic force microscope), and equipment for DNA analysis. State-of-the-art technology includes a 3-D laser scanner, which can be used for documentation and reconstruction of crime scenes.
In the Forensic Science Masters Program in the Southwestern Illinois Justice and Workforce Development Campus in Belleville, Illinois, resources include:
- Forensic chemistry equipment including GC-MS, FTIR, HPLC, and IR/Raman Spectrometer.
- Forensic biology equipment including Applied Biosystems 7500 Real Time PCR, Applied Biosystems SeqStudio Genetic Analyzer and analysis software, and Nikon comparison microscope.
- Forensic anthropology equipment includes a computer laboratory.
Research Outlets
Research results in forensic sciences are published in many journals, including:
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- International Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Journal of Forensic Science
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Journal
Associations
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- American Board of Criminalistics
- American Board of Forensic Anthropology
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
- Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners
- American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
- Illinois State Police Forensic Services
- Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
