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Quality system in forensics

This paper presents the management and implementation of a criminal quality control system in the field of forensic expertise, focusing on the ISO 17025 standard and accreditation process. It emphasizes the importance of quality assurance and control in forensic laboratories for reliable and accurate results.

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Quality system in forensics

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  1. Quality system in forensics Authors: radetić aco II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  2. Introduction • The subject of the paper is the presentation of individual segments • the area of management of the criminal quality control system • expertise in order to indicate the necessity of their • Implementation. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  3. Consideration of the theme • Quality assurance forensic, or criminalistic expertise is based on • the application of the ISO 17025 standard as the most important • single standard for standardization and testing laboratory. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  4. Accreditation under this standard is the technical capability of the • laboratory to carry out testing. • An institution that deals with criminal investigation of the sea pass • the process of evaluation of an independent expert body under the • control of the local state institutions for standardization, for the • purpose of obtaining accreditation laboratories. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  5. Within the organizational structure of the laboratory, through the • job description, it is important to establish a responsible body of • the laboratory. for decision making on the principles of quality • control management and the way of using and securing the • resources of the laboratory. It is usually a board of executives or a • similar body that can have financial autonomy. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  6. In particular, the role of the quality control manager (QA • managers).This position requires a standard. This person is • responsible for thedaily introduction and management of quality • control. It is also responsible for document management processes • for integrating quality control manuals, and for organizing quality • assurance checks. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  7. The quality assurance system and quality control system are an • indispensable factor in determining the reliability of the work of • forensic laboratories / institutes. The same is, according to its EU • legislation, obligatory for all forensic laboratories institutes in the • EU (through decisions of the Council of the EU in relation to DNA • tests of dactyloscopic expertise). II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  8. The quality of the analyzes and the results of court expertises are • important for the judicial system, law enforcement, crime prevention and health policy, as well as for international • harmonization, exchange and coordination of information and • forensic data in the world. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  9. Quality standards cover the entire process of the court expert's • work from the time the police arrive at the scene: on-site • examinations, laboratory tests, interpretation of test results and • reporting, to the presentation of the opinion at the main hearing. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  10. Concluding • Taking the goals of meeting the Council of Europe's Conclusions • 2020 EFSA 2020, it is necessary to draw up forensic data bases for • illegal drugs, firearms, manuscripts and documents, footwear • footprints forthe year 2020, and in order to fulfill the mentioned • goal, it is necessary to accredit the forensic methods according to • the standard ISO 17025.. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

  11. This project implicitly implies that since 2020, in all EU countries, • judicial expertise is being developed in the same way - in a • standardized way. II. International student conference „Safety in local communities-legal and criminological perspectives“’, Podgorica., 4 April 2018

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