Crime lab

A crime laboratory, often shortened to crime lab, is a scientific laboratory, using primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases.

Public crime labs are organized at the city, state, or national level.

A law enforcement agency that operates its own crime lab usually has access to a higher level laboratory for analysis of their evidence.

(Every Contact Leaves a Trace, Connie Fletcher, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2009, interview with crime lab director) The term "crime lab" has become a part of popular culture, largely due to the TV dramas.

Some of the more famous shows are: Several non-fiction television programs, document the resolution of criminal cases based on the scientific analysis of the evidence: Due to the lack of funding and staff, delays in the ability to test cases has occurred creating a backlog in the analysis of evidence.