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crime laboratories  

Definition

  • A crime laboratory, according to the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD), is “a laboratory (with at least one full-time scientist) which examines physical evidence in criminal matters and provides opinion testimony with respect to such physical evidence in a court of law” (ASCLD, 1997, p. 1). [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Crime Laboratories]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NJ2L80KF-3

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