The justice system’s ability to convict criminals is at risk
following the closure of the UK’s Forensic Science Service (FSS) in
March 2012, warn MPs. In a highly critical report, they condemn the government’s ‘hands-off’ approach and the chronic lack of funding for research in forensic science.
The government expected private firms and in-house police labs to take over from the FSS. But a report from the House of Commons science and technology committee found that private companies are struggling to operate in an ‘unstable’ market. Committee chair Andrew Miller MP blames a lack of strategy and singles out the minister for crime prevention, Jeremy Browne MP, for particular criticism
Read more at : http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/07/forensic-science-service-closure-criticised
The government expected private firms and in-house police labs to take over from the FSS. But a report from the House of Commons science and technology committee found that private companies are struggling to operate in an ‘unstable’ market. Committee chair Andrew Miller MP blames a lack of strategy and singles out the minister for crime prevention, Jeremy Browne MP, for particular criticism
Read more at : http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/07/forensic-science-service-closure-criticised
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