Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2009

• NCJ Number: 238252
• Date Published: August 2012
• Length: 14 pages
• Publication Series: BJS Bulletins
• Agencies: BJS

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