Quality assured science: Managerialism in forensic biology

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-306

  Leslie, Myles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Audit; Forensic biology; Forensic science; Managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950994750     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243909340271     Document Type: Article

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