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At ForensicsColleges, we want to connect students, prospective students, and professionals to the multitude of resources available online in order to stay up-to-date on recent news and trends within the online forensics community. From national news in the industry, cold cases in kidnapping, and top websites for different areas of forensic study, you can always find what you’re looking for here in our resources section.
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Guide to Criminal & Forensic Psychology
According to the APA, forensic psychology is "the application of clinical specialties to the legal arena" and the very breadth of this definition helps to explain why there are so many different opportunities and paths in the field.
Whether you're an up and coming forensic analyst or just someone who can't get enough of CSI, chances are you have heard a thing or two about blood spatter analysis. This field involves using the physics of fluids to help to determine the events of a (usually) violent crime by analyzing the placement of the blood droplets at the crime scene.
5 Cybercrimes on the Rise in 2015
From the hacking of female celebrities’ phones to the massive cyberattack on Sony that ignited geopolitical tensions, it’s clear that cybercrime is on the rise and here to stay. Like diseases which evolve to render antibiotics ineffective, the nature of these crimes adapts in response to improving cybersecurity tactics, and the sheer variety and hybrid nature of virtual thefts, denials of service, and other methods is unprecedented.
Education Guide: Computer, Mobile and Network Forensics
Everything from health records to personal correspondence now comes in its own digital package and can easily be transmitted to any corner of the globe with just the push of a button, and while this certainly makes things convenient for everyday activities, it can also be a convenient conduit for criminal activity.
Universities with Forensic Entomology Programs
Blow flies, flesh flies, maggots and carcass beetles -- not what most people think about on a regular basis unless they work in the field of forensic entomology. This is the study of insects as related to legal investigations, but actually goes much deeper than that particularly for crime scenes and criminal investigations.
Top Online Forensic Psychology Programs
Find a list of top online master's degrees in forensic psychology, and learn more about their curricula and online experience.
7 Top Washington DC Forensics & CSI Programs
Browse our list of forensics & CSI programs based in and around Washington, DC, and learn more about the programs offered.
7 Great Cybercrime & E-Discovery Certificate programs
The massive volume of electronic data produced and stored has created new and exciting career opportunities in emerging fields like cyber security and computer forensics. Electronic Discovery (E-Discovery) is a means of combatting cybercrime, and more specifically a specialization of computer forensics that deals with collecting, producing and recovering Electronically Stored Information (ESI) as part of a lawsuit or ongoing investigation.
