I’ve started an investigative resources topic on the forum at www.criminaljustice-online.com

As I post resources I will also forward them via this group.  If you have good web-based resources you can either email me or post them directly.

http://www.whois.net/

You can look up domain name registration.  For instance, run www.hitechcj.com.  You will get my business address. 

http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_generic.jsp?cid=10114

State Bar of California attorney search and locator.  I imagine other states have similar databases.  Check out your attorney for Bar discipline before you contract the work!

http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html

California Business Search.  All corps, including LP, LLC and non-profits are listed with agent of process server.  Again, I image all states have similar databases.

http://www.zabasearch.com/

Still giving basic information.  An easy, no-cost starting point.

http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/

Over 76 million records of deceased persons.  Really cool for checking to see if someone is using a dead persons Social Security No.  Or, maybe the missing person or fugitive is dead.  When I worked fugitives we made this the first place our investigators checked.  A few times the reason the offender didn’t come to court is because they had an appointment with Satan.

http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/autoframe?openform&url_l=/public/home.nsf/inavgeneral?openpage&url_r=/public/home.nsf/pages/16

The Federal Judicial Center reference manual on Scientific Evidence.  You may find this a helpful reference source when looking at the various types of sciences, how they are introduced and how Daubert applies.

Raymond

Criminal Justice Online