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Forensic Evidence and the Police - The Effects of Scientific Evidence on Criminal Investigations - Technical Appendices

NCJ Number
97686
Author(s)
J L Peterson; M Gilliland
Date Published
1983
Length
127 pages
Annotation
These appendixes provide supplementation documentation of the results presented in the report, 'Forensic Evidence and the Police: The Effects of Scientific Evidence on Criminal Investigation.'
Abstract
Appendix A includes background information on each of the police departments and crime laboratories, contains the two primary data collection instruments, and describes the data collection approach. Appendix B discusses the investigative practices employed by the police in the study sites which led to followup arrests. Appendix C presents the chi square values and significance levels for the tables in Chapter IV of the report, and Appendix D treats the log-linear analyses discussed in Chapter VII of the report. Thirty-nine tables and two figures are included.