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Forensic Laboratory Management : Applying Business Principles by Wendy S. Becker and W. Mark Dale (2014, Hardcover)

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PublisherCRC Press LLC

ISBN-101466556714

ISBN-139781466556713

eBay Product ID (ePID)113351574

Product Key Features

Number of Pages363 Pages

Publication NameForensic Laboratory Management : Applying Business Principles

LanguageEnglish

SubjectManagement Science, Forensic Science, Management, Criminology

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

AuthorWendy S. Becker, W. Mark Dale

Subject AreaLaw, Social Science, Business & Economics

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.2 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2014-027285

Reviews"Dale's diverse and extensive forensic laboratory, forensic education, and forensic laboratory quality assurance experience provides excellent insight. ...comprehensively covers laboratory management issues in the American crime lab. I intend to use it as a required text in my class. The book touches on nearly all of the aspects that I cover in the class, and does so in a clear and organized fashion." --F.W. Fochtman, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in Forensic Science Review

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal363.25068

Table Of ContentLeadership in Forensic Science Laboratories Origins and Rationale Description: National Leadership Challenges Risks, Problems, Barriers: Leadership Challenges in the Lab Identifying Leadership Challenges: Insight from Forensic Leaders Behavioral Costing of Human Resources Lessons Learned and Recommendations: Measures of Efficiency and Effectiveness Forensic Laboratory Key Business Metrics and Cost-Benefit Analyses Laboratory Management Performance Model Law Enforcement Requirements Costs Capability Cost: Efficiency and Effectiveness Performance Benchmarks for Best Practices Basics of Cost-Benefit Analyses Laboratory Excellence and Ethics: An Essential Association Douglas Lucas Why Is Ethical Conduct Important to Forensic Laboratory Management and Staff? Ethics: What Are They? Codes of Ethics: What Are They? Who Needs Them? Examples of Some Ethical Problems Why Do People Do Such Things? Some Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas Forensic Training, Education, and Institutes Forensic Science Manager Job Requirements Identifying the Need for Education, Training, and Professional Development Laboratory Management Performance Model Professional Development Costs Solution: Academic Institutes for Forensic Science Advice for Students Considering a Forensic Career Curricula Dedicated Facilities Two Student Cameos The Capstone: Testimony Major Academic and Institute Outcomes Testimony ISO Accreditation Implementation: A Framework to Implement a Quality Service Harold Peel and Murray Malcolm Background: International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Accrediting Bodies Why Consider Accreditation? Advantages and Some Considerations Terminology ISO/IEC 17025 (2005): Outline and Comment Section 4 Preparation and Implementation Writing Policies and Procedures Lexicon Scientific Procedure versus Administrative Procedure Instructions on How to Develop Procedures Index

SynopsisNew technologies, including DNA and digital databases that can compare known and questioned exemplars, have transformed forensic science and greatly impacted the investigative process. They have also made the work more complicated. Obtaining proper resources to provide quality and timely forensic services is frequently a challenge for forensic managers, who are often promoted from casework duties and must now learn a whole new set of leadership skills. The interdisciplinary and scientific nature of laboratories requires strong leadership ability to manage complex issues, often in adversarial settings. Forensic Laboratory Management: Applying Business Principles provides laboratory managers with business tools that apply the best science to the best evidence in a manner that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of their management decision making. The authors present a performance model with seven recommendations to implement, illustrating how forensic managers can serve as leaders and strategically improve the operation and management in scientific laboratories. Topics include: Key business metrics and cost-benefit analyses Ethical lapses: why they occur, possible motives, and how problems can be prevented Forensic training, education, and institutes ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation implementation The book includes case studies simulating a working laboratory in which readers can apply business tools with actual data reinforcing discussion concepts. Each chapter also includes a brief review of current literature of the best management theories and practice. A supplemental DVD supplies two mock trial transcripts and associated case files along with PowerPoint® slides from Dr. George Carmody's workshop on Forensic DNA Statistics and Dr. Doug Lucas's presentation on ethics., New technologies, including DNA and digital databases that can compare known and questioned exemplars, have transformed forensic science and greatly impacted the investigative process. They have also made the work more complicated. Obtaining proper resources to provide quality and timely forensic services is frequently a challenge for forensic managers, who are often promoted from casework duties and must now learn a whole new set of leadership skills. The interdisciplinary and scientific nature of laboratories requires strong leadership ability to manage complex issues, often in adversarial settings. Forensic Laboratory Management: Applying Business Principles provides laboratory managers with business tools that apply the best science to the best evidence in a manner that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of their management decision making. The authors present a performance model with seven recommendations to implement, illustrating how forensic managers can serve as leaders and strategically improve the operation and management in scientific laboratories. Topics include: Key business metrics and cost-benefit analyses Ethical lapses: why they occur, possible motives, and how problems can be prevented Forensic training, education, and institutes ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation implementation The book includes case studies simulating a working laboratory in which readers can apply business tools with actual data reinforcing discussion concepts. Each chapter also includes a brief review of current literature of the best management theories and practice. A supplemental DVD supplies two mock trial transcripts and associated case files along with PowerPoint(R) slides from Dr. George Carmody's workshop on Forensic DNA Statistics and Dr. Doug Lucas's presentation on ethics., New technologies, including DNA and digital databases that can compare known and questioned exemplars, have transformed forensic science and greatly impacted the investigative process. They have also made the work more complicated. Obtaining proper resources to provide quality and timely forensic services is frequently a challenge for forensic managers, who are often promoted from casework duties and must now learn a whole new set of leadership skills. The interdisciplinary and scientific nature of laboratories requires strong leadership ability to manage complex issues, often in adversarial settings. Forensic Laboratory Management: Applying Business Principles provides laboratory managers with business tools that apply the best science to the best evidence in a manner that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of their management decision making. The authors present a performance model with seven recommendations to implement, illustrating how forensic managers can serve as leaders and strategically improve the operation and management in scientific laboratories. Topics include: Key business metrics and cost-benefit analyses Ethical lapses: why they occur, possible motives, and how problems can be prevented Forensic training, education, and institutes ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation implementation The book includes case studies simulating a working laboratory in which readers can apply business tools with actual data reinforcing discussion concepts. Each chapter also includes a brief review of current literature of the best management theories and practice. The downloadable resources supply two mock trial transcripts and associated case files along with PowerPoint(R) slides from Dr. George Carmody's workshop on Forensic DNA Statistics and Dr. Doug Lucas's presentation on ethics.

LC Classification NumberHV8073.D25293 2014