ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 March 2003
Page Count: 2

Strategy for Staffing Forensic Scientists

Abstract

Our nation needs a strategy for staffing forensic scientists in public forensic laboratories. Low salaries and demands for training time impact scientist productivity and turnover in our public forensic laboratories. New automation technologies can be leveraged to increase the capacities of our laboratories, and while construction of new laboratories is essential, the most difficult challenge ahead is the shortage of intellectual capital needed to staff our laboratories.

Keywords:
forensic science, recruitment, salaries, staffing forensic scientists

Paper ID: JFS2002311
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2002311
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