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DECEMBER 28, 2023

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New report presents 2020 findings from BJS?s Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories

BJS?s newly released report, Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2020, provides data on the workloads, staffing, resources, policies, procedures, and budgets of the 326 standalone forensic labs and multilab systems (totaling 423 individual labs) in 2020. In addition, it includes counts of employees and service requests in 2019.

Access the Report

Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2020 (NCJ 306473) was written by BJS Statistician Connor Brooks. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.



The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.

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