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Cultivating the Next Generation of Forensic Scientists Through Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and evaluation arm of the US Department of Justice, is the federal government’s lead agency for forensic science research, development and evaluation, as well as for the administration of programs dedicated to assisting our nations forensic laboratories to increase efficiency and ultimately reduce their backlogs of evidence awaiting scientific analysis. The need for this assistance has never been greater because our forensic science laboratories continue to be overwhelmed with unprecedented demands for DNA and other forensic analysis while keeping up with the latest advances. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) estimated that publicly funded crime labs received an estimated 3.8 million forensic requests in 2014 and completed 3.6 million requests that year [1]. BJS also reported that at the end of 2014, U.S. crime labs had an estimated backlog of 570,100 requests for forensic services with 38% of these labs outsourcing one or more types of services. Because each ‘forensic request’ can involve multiple items and multiple tests per item, the number of individual tests is staggering; delays in processing evidence ultimately delays the administration of justice.