CSI on Trial: Resources

Integrity in Crime Scene Investigation

• In 2009 a congressionally mandated report from the National Acadamy of Sciences found serious problems with the nation's forensic science system.  The organization called for major reforms.

• The International Association for Identification, the oldest and largest forensic professional association in the world, has established a Code of Ethics for crime scene investigators.

False Confessions

• A research study Published by the Department of Psychology of Boise State University.

• A Psychology Today article summarizes research hinting that false confessions are more common than recognized.

• The Innocence Project takes an advocates role in investigating false confessions.