Publications
Publications containing information on DNA technology and its applications in criminal justice systems.
Sexual Assault—Forensic and Clinical Management Virtual Practicum DVD
Office for Violence Against Women, April 2008
This comprehensive and cost-effective training tool can help advance skills in all aspects of sexual assault forensic examinations, from initial meeting to pretrial and courtroom preparation.
Learn more and purchase the practicum.
Increasing Efficiency in Crime Laboratories
National Institute of Justice, January 2008
Many crime laboratories report high backlogs for forensic services. These backlogs can delay court proceedings and case investigation. Laboratories report that they do not have the staff to complete all service requests or the budget to hire new employees. Some laboratories have recently begun addressing these challenges with efficiency techniques—called process mapping, an efficiency forum, and business process management. The NIJ In Short Increasing Efficiency in Crime Laboratories describes how laboratories across the country have successfully used these techniques to reduce backlogs.
