FORENSIC SCIENCE AND THE REDUCTION OF CRIME

• NCJ Number: 16710
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1974) Pages: 417-427
• Author(s): C R KINGSTON; J L PETERSON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 25TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, FEB 21, 1973

Annotation

NEW STRATEGIES NEED TO BE ADOPTED BY CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORIES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE A MORE APPRECIABLE IMPACT ON CRIME INVESTIGATION EFFORTS.

Abstract

BEGINNING WITH THE BASIC CAPABILITIES OF THE LABORATORYESTABLISHING THE ELEMENTS OF A CRIME, AIDING IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CRIME, DEVELOPING AND IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE OFFENDERS, AND CONFIRMING THE INVOLVEMENT OF PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS IN A CRIMINAL ACT-THE THIRD AREA CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT OF SUSPECTS APPEARS TO BE ONE AREA WHERE MORE EFFECTIVE TACTICS COULD YIELD THE MAXIMUM PAYOFF. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)