What educational background do crime laboratory directors require from applicants?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 128-132

  Furton, Kenneth G ^a   Hsu, Ya Li ^a   Cole, Michael D ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime lab directors; Educational requirements; Forensic science; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CRIME; EDUCATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032921212     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14424j     Document Type: Article

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