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PUBLICATIONS

Forensic Sciences: Review of Status and Needs

Published

Author(s)

Alim A. Fatah, Kathleen M. Higgins

Abstract

This document, Forensic Sciences: Status and Needs, is the product of a two-day meeting sponsored by OLES/NIJ/NIST on March 5-6, 1997. This meeting brought together 44 scientists and administrators with the common goal of helping the forensic science professions. The purpose of the workshop was to determine the current status and needs of forensic laboratories on training; technology transfer; methods of research, development, testing, and evaluation; and analytical services.
Citation
Forensic Sciences: Review of Status and Needs
Pub Type
Others

Keywords

analytical services, forensic science, research, status and needs, testing, training
Trace evidence and Forensic Science

Citation

Fatah, A. and Higgins, K. (1999), Forensic Sciences: Review of Status and Needs, Forensic Sciences: Review of Status and Needs (Accessed October 13, 2025)

Issues

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Created January 31, 1999, Updated February 19, 2017
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