NCJ Number
238252
Date Published
August 2012
Length
14 pages
Publication Series
Annotation
This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics presents results of the 2009 Census on Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories.
Abstract
Presents data on the more than 400 state, municipal, county, and federal crime laboratories operating in the United States during 2009 that 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. View additional reports in the Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories Series at: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbse&sid=75
Date Published: August 1, 2012
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