THIS STUDY CONCENTRATED ON THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES OR ACTIVITIES: CRIMINALISTS AND CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORIES; CORONER/MEDICAL EXAMINER PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS (WITH EMPHASIS ON FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS); FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGISTS; FORENSIC ODONTOLOGISTS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRISTS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGISTS; QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINERS; AND EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS. THE TARGET POPULATION WAS ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO, DURING THE PERIOD 1969-1974 HAD TESTIFIED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AS AN EXPERT WITNESS IN ANY OF THE ABOVE FIELDS. A TOTAL OF 7007 SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES WERE DISTRIBUTED, OF WHICH 1958 WERE COMPLETED AND RETURNED - A RESPONSE RATE OF 28 PERCENT. THIS REPORT PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING GENERAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. SURVEY RESULTS ARE PRESENTED BY DISCIPLINES. A PROFESSIONAL PROFILE OR PROTOTYPE IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH DATA ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING, STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION, PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION, AND RESEARCH. AN EIGHT-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY DIVIDED ACCORDING TO DISCIPLINES IS INCLUDED ALONG WITH COPIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES AND OTHER TABULAR DATA.