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Matthew R. Durose, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Kelly A. Walsh, Urban Institute, Andrea M. Burch, Bureau of Justice Statistics
August 2, 2012 NCJ 238252
Presents data on the more than 400 state, municipal, county, and federal crime laboratories operating in the United States during 2009. The nation's publicly funded forensic crime labs perform a variety of services, such as DNA tests, controlled substance analyses, and latent fingerprint examinations. This report examines crime lab personnel, budgets, workloads, and other administrative information, including backlogs in requests for forensic services. The report also offers information on laboratory accreditations, proficiency tests, and other quality assurances. It provides a comparative analysis with findings from censuses conducted in 2002 and 2005.
Highlights:
Part of the Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories Series
Press Release
Full report (PDF 861K)
ASCII file (36K)
Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 48K)
To cite this product, use the following link:
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4412
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