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Trace evidence

TECHBeat, February 2019

Date Published
February 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Grants and Funding
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Backlogs and Their Impact on the Criminal Justice System

June 2010

Evidence backlogs have been known to be an issue in crime laboratories. A recent study published by NIJ has shown that backlogs of untested evidence are also an issue in law enforcement evidence storage. This panel will discuss the issues and present preliminary findings from a study of the Los Angeles Police Department's and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's experience with clearing out a large backlog of unanalyzed rape kits.