Forensic Laboratory Operations - National Institute of Justice
Capacity Enhancement Funding Find capacity enhancement funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. In crime laboratories, scientists analyze evidence collected from crime scenes, …
Police Crime Lab Accreditation Initiative - National Institute of Justice
Jan 31, 2024 · Police-Run Crime Lab Achievements To date, 10 police-run crime labs have achieved accreditation through the ASCLD Initiative in disciplines such as latent prints, crime …
Fighting Crime With Science - National Institute of Justice
Nov 4, 2015 · In crime laboratories across the country, scientists and technicians spend countless hours analyzing a never-ending flow of evidence. The challenging work involves multiple …
DNA Evidence: Basics of Analyzing - National Institute of Justice
Aug 8, 2012 · DNA databases, such as the one described earlier in this chapter to match Montaret Davis to his crime scene, are valuable tools and will continue to play an important role in law …
National Center on Forensics - National Institute of Justice
May 16, 2024 · The National Center on Forensics Provides forensic science and legal training to prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement. This includes live and on-demand, recorded …
Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and …
May 27, 2020 · Foremost among the insights from a far-ranging new report to Congress on the needs of the nation’s forensic laboratories is that adoption of systems-based approaches — …
Strengthening Our Nation's Crime Laboratories - National Institute …
Apr 1, 2018 · This video and accompanying transcript describe some of the challenges crime laboratories face as the demand for the analysis of DNA and other forensic evidence …
The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind
Jun 7, 2021 · A National Academy of Sciences report in 2011 confirmed that the anthrax was the Ames strain, but didn’t conclusively tie it to the scientist’s lab. The FBI said the microbial profile …
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Accreditation …
Aug 1, 2022 · In 2019, the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD) launched the ASCLD Accreditation Initiative (AAI) in collaboration with the National Institute of Justice’s …
Making Sense of DNA Backlogs - Myths vs. Reality
Jul 15, 2010 · We have all seen the headlines — thousands of untested rape kits have been discovered in law enforcement agencies, and crime laboratories have large backlogs of DNA …