FSN: Forensic Science News » crime labs http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Current State of Arizona Crime Labs http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/current-state-of-arizona-crime-labs/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/current-state-of-arizona-crime-labs/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:00:08 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1633 An interesting article below regarding the state of police crime labs here in Arizona. It boils down to the standard debate/disagreement between academics vs practitioners in the field of forensic science.

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Even though techniques for analyzing crime-scene evidence have grown more sophisticated

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Let’s be clear on one thing, ALL of forensic science entails some amount of subjectivity, even the holy grail that is DNA. I personally was involved in

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