Houck Max M
Forensic Portfolio Innovator, Assistant Research Professor, Global Forensic and Justice Center, Florida International University, USA.
Forensic Sci Int Synerg. 2020 Nov 4;2:317-324. doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.10.003. eCollection 2020.
Addressing casework backlogs would seem to represent "low hanging fruit" for increasing offender apprehension and improving justice. Yet, after years of grant funding for backlog reduction and capacity building, backlogged cases, especially DNA cases, continue to increase in U.S. forensic laboratories. Why? This paper suggests a shift from linear, mechanical thinking to a systems thinking approach may help to see ways to leverage laboratories from dysfunctional operational states burdened by history to new ways of seeing themselves as part of a system of systems. The A3 method is offered as a practical approach to initiating a systems approach.
解决案件积压问题似乎是增加罪犯抓捕率和改善司法状况的“低垂之果”。然而，在多年提供资金用于减少积压案件和能力建设之后，美国法医实验室的积压案件，尤其是DNA案件，仍在不断增加。为什么呢？本文认为，从线性的、机械的思维方式转向系统思维方式，可能有助于找到方法，将实验室从受历史负担的功能失调的运营状态，转变为将自身视为系统之系统一部分的新视角。A3方法被作为启动系统方法的一种实用途径提出。
