12 Future Trends For Forensic Testing Labs

AUSTIN, Texas - Aug. 10, 2020 - PRLog -- By all measures, the summer of 2020 has been a difficult one across the board.

For forensic science professionals, who recognize the importance of maintaining the public's trust, two issues have moved to the forefront as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The first is a renewed public interest in the important role of laboratory science, no doubt in part due to the newsworthiness of Covid-19 lab testing ramping up across the country.

Despite the early missteps in rolling out a virus testing program here in the US, domestic opinion surveys continue to show that the public maintains a relatively constant, high level of trust in science and scientists, and, by extension, laboratory research.

(Of course, there continued to be naysayers who deny the conclusions of medical scientists as well as those who actively seek to promote medical conspiracy theories, but, if polls are correct, these groups are in the minority.)

The second issue that has come to the forefront this year is a renewed spotlight on social inequality, which has posed serious questions, such as whether there is fair and equal access to the justice system for everyone.

Given that forensic testing labs often play an important role in providing expert evidence in court cases, laboratories may yet be called out and drawn into this national debate.

You may ask, why do we bring these two issues up at all?

The answer is simple: with greater scrutiny comes a greater need for higher standards of trustworthiness, accuracy, and accountability.

So, as we look into the future to identify the top twelve emerging trends in forensic science, we believe that reputation management is the key to success and that maintaining the highest possible levels of trust with the public is the most important goal of all.

Building Forensic Testing Labs For The Twenty-First Century

1. Follow Best Design Practices For Forensic Testing Labs

Designing a successful forensics testing laboratory is especially challenging thanks to the number of "laboratories within a laboratory" that is typically required.

For example, a crime laboratory tasked with investigating the full gamut of criminal activity could have an on-site biology lab, a chemistry lab, a toxicology lab, trace evidence and fingerprint labs, as well as a ballistics testing laboratory.


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