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Document Title: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United
States: A Path Forward
Author: Committee on Identifying the Needs of the
Forensic Sciences Community, National
Research Council
Document No.: 228091
Date Received: August 2009
Award Number: 2006-DN-BX-0001
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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United
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ISBN: 0-309-13131-6, 352 pages, 6 x 9, (2009)
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STRENGTHENING
FORENSIC
SCIENCE
I N T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S
A P A T H F O R WA R D
Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community
Committee on Science, Technology, and Law
Policy and Global Affairs
Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not
been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s)
and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12589.html
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This study was supported by Contract No. 2006-DN-BX-0001 between the Na-
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Strengthening forensic science in the United States : a path forward : summary
/ Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community,
Committee on Science, Technology, and Law Policy and Global Affairs,
Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Division on Engineering and
Physical Sciences.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-13135-3 (hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-309-13135-9 (hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-13131-5 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 0-309-13131-6 (pbk.)
1. Forensic sciences—United States. 2. Criminal investigation—United States.
3. Evidence, Criminal—United States. I. National Research Council (U.S.).
Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community. II.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Technology, and Law
Policy and Global Affairs. III. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on
Applied and Theoretical Statistics.
HV8073.S7347 2009
363.250973—dc22
2009011443
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