Past Issue

July 2005

Table of Contents

Features

• Modern forensic science today and tomorrow
  An interview with Dr. Henry Lee
• When you pass go, collect $200
  Cadaver dogs are an important tool for law enforcement
• About face! recognition
  Once considered unreliable, facial recognition is making its way into jails, airports and officers’ hands
• Bullets and guns
  Get more bang from your firearms evidence
• Body of evidence
  The dead man’s story
• DNA from fingerprints?
  Analysis, not common in the United States today, could be helpful in future investigations
• Taking the stand
  Preparing officers for the trying task of testifying in court
• Linking up the easy way
  Initiatives in Ohio and West Virginia are linking officers to information housed within a variety of databases
• Communications Showcase
• Tactical Equipment Showcase

Columns

• Communications Spotlight
  Intelligent E-911
• Investigations
  Crime scene ethics
• AFIS Technology
  Robot adds finishing touch to fingerprint fuming
• Communications Technology
  Shared plans protect and save lives
• Computer Technology
  Making the most of the MDC
• Software Technology
  Leveraging crime mapping in Camden
• Managing in the Millennium
  Cops, lies and videotapes

Departments

• Editor's Log
• Products & Technology
• Computers & Software
• Industry News
• Calendar
• Publications