Crime Lab Project Research Papers

The Crime Lab Project is a non-profit corporation with a blog created for “raising awareness of public forensic science needs and challenges”(What is the Crime Lab Project 1). By reinforcing forensic science education and research, forensic science can contribute to a more just society, and in turn better everyone's lives. ¨A recent congressionally mandated report by the National Academy of Sciences found¨ that there are serious deficiencies in the nation's forensic science system and are in much need of reform (Public Forensic Science Needs Your Help 1). They are concerned of the “widening gap between public perceptions of forensic science and crime labs, and the reality of understaffed, under-equipped labs housed in inadequate facilities