CURRENT ISSUES WITH THE CRIMINALISTICS INVESTIGATIONS MANAGING WITH A FOCUS ON STANDARDIZATION AND ACCREDITATION Cover Image

AKTUELNA PROBLEMATIKA KOD UPRAVLJANJA KRIMINALISTIČKIM ISTRAGAMA SA NAGLASKOM NA STANDARDIZACIJU I AKREDITACIJU
CURRENT ISSUES WITH THE CRIMINALISTICS INVESTIGATIONS MANAGING WITH A FOCUS ON STANDARDIZATION AND ACCREDITATION

Author(s): Aleksandar B. Ivanović, Aleksandar R. Ivanović
Subject(s): Criminal Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Интернационални Универзитет у Новом Пазару
Keywords: accreditation;strandardization;criminalistics investigation;management;professionalization;quality;the reliability of evidence

Summary/Abstract: The authors of the paper dealing with standardization and accreditation as one of the activities in purpose of improving work in the field of criminalistics investigations management. In this connection, the authors first show crucial issues that are treated in managing of criminalistics investigations. After that, the authors insist on professionalization, or standardization and accreditation in the field of criminalistics investigations menagement. In order to raise the level of professionalism and reliability in the aforementioned jobs as the authors point out significant standard ISO 17025, by which almost all the countries of Europe accredited police, and the ISO 17020 standard which addresses a very important area, the examination of crime scene, and where only a small number of police in Europe accredited. For the most part the paper authors present and first analyzed how certain parts of the ISO 17025 standards deal with problems of managing criminalistics investigations and thus come to the conclusion that the application of accreditation in police procedures to solve contemporary dilemmas that arise in regard to this segment of policing.

  • Issue Year: 4/2016
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 85-99
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian