RESEARCH AT THE HOME OFFICE CENTRAL RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT

• NCJ Number: 13573
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1974) Pages: 301-306
• Author(s): A S CURRY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Testing and Materials
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PRESENTED AT JOINT SESSION, INTL ASSN OF FORENSIC TOXICOLOGISTS & AMER ACAD FORENSIC SCI, LAS VEGAS,1973

Annotation

THE ORGANIZATION OF A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND TOXICOLOGY IN PARTICULAR IS DISCUSSED.

Abstract

THE SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND WALES, WITH NATIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH FOR ACTIVITIES WITHIN GOVERNMENT AND BY MEANS OF EXTERNAL CONTRACTS IN UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY, IS PROBABLY UNIQUE IN THE WORLD. CONSIDERATION OF THE ALLOCATION OF PRIORITIES BOTH IN LONG- AND SHORT-TERM RESEARCH, THE INITIATION OF COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SERVICES, AND THE PROVISION OF EXPERT ADVICE, IS FOLLOWED BY THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO THE OPERATIONAL PHASE, AND THEN INTO DAY-TO-DAY ROUTINE. THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC TOXICOLOGISTS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES IS REVIEWED, WITH THE NEED FOR THE SHARING OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS EMPHASIZED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)