Wickenheiser Ray A
New York State Police Crime Laboratory System, 1200 Washington Avenue, Building 30, Albany, NY, 12226-3000, USA.
Forensic Sci Int Synerg. 2021 Jul 1;3:100158. doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100158. eCollection 2021.
The mission of forensic laboratories is to maximize the value of evidence. As price and quality are relatively fixed for consumers of forensic analysis, the main measure of service effectiveness is timeliness. Resources have been demonstrated as the means to improve timeliness. However, as the availability of governmental resources is also relatively fixed, to optimize resource distribution, there must be an evaluation as to the most effective allocation. Cost-benefit analysis or determination of the return on investment has been demonstrated as an objective means to compare various competing options as targets for resource deployment. Therefore, a cost-benefit analysis of forensic science will be conducted to evaluate the option of applying additional resources to maximize the value of forensic analysis through optimal timeliness of service. A case study will be provided using historical data to examine the net benefit from forensic investigative leads.
法医实验室的使命是使证据的价值最大化。由于法医分析的消费者所面临的价格和质量相对固定，服务有效性的主要衡量标准是及时性。资源已被证明是提高及时性的手段。然而，由于政府资源的可用性也相对固定，为了优化资源分配，必须对最有效的分配方式进行评估。成本效益分析或投资回报率的确定已被证明是比较各种相互竞争的选项作为资源部署目标的客观手段。因此，将对法医学进行成本效益分析，以评估通过优化服务及时性来应用额外资源以使法医分析价值最大化的选项。将提供一个案例研究，使用历史数据来检验法医调查线索的净收益。
