Archived | Forensic DNA Education for Law Enforcement Decisionmakers | Case Prioritization

Case Prioritization

Once evidence is submitted, there are a number of competing factors involved in deciding when a case is analyzed.^13,14 Prioritization may be given to cases:

With impending court dates
With exceptional violence
With a serial nature
When submitted by a target task force
With a juvenile victim
With submission of all elimination standards
With "fragile" evidence or evidence required by another section of the laboratory
With suspects who are a flight risk
That have been in the laboratory for some time regardless of other factors
That have political pressure
Specific court orders

zoomed in view of calendar — National Institute of Justice (NIJ) (see reuse policy).

¹³ Effectively Utilizing DNA Technology to Solve Crime in Orange County 2009-2010 Annual Report pp9,10 PDF download: 208kB
¹⁴ Arkansas State Crime Laboratory Special Report Case Prioritization and Turnaround (April 10, 2009). PDF download: 112kB • Visit the Arkansas Division of Legislative Audit »

Back Forward

Additional Online Courses

See additional NIJ-sponsored training

Date Created: August 7, 2023