Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Labs Series
Description
The Census of
Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Labs (CPFFCL) was first conducted in
2003 to capture data on the 2002 workload and operations of the 351
publicly funded crime labs operating that year. It is produced every
three or four years since it was first conducted. The CPFFCL includes
all state, county, municipal, and federal crime labs that (1) are
solely funded by government or whose parent organization is a
government agency and (2) employ at least one full-time natural
scientist who examines physical evidence in criminal matters and
provides reports and opinion testimony with respect to such physical
evidence in courts of law. For example, this includes DNA testing and
controlled substance identification for federal, state, and local
jurisdictions. Some publicly funded crime labs are part of a multi-lab
system. The census attempted to collect information from each lab in
the system. Police identification units, although sometimes
responsible for fingerprint analysis, and privately operated
facilities were not included in the census.
Resources
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https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/258 |
Tags
- forensic-sciences
- crime-laboratories
- criminal-investigations
- personnel
- policies-and-procedures
- budgets
- dna-fingerprinting
- expenditures