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Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2002

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary: To obtain current baseline information about the workload and operations of the nation's forensic crime laboratories, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) conducted its first census of publicly funded forensic crime laboratories from 2003 to 2004. Data were collected on the organization, functions, budget, staffing, workload, and performance expectations of the nation's publicly funded federal, state, and local forensic crime laboratories currently operating. (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04287.v1

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