Post: "Part 1: What's the difference between accreditation and certification?" by Ryan Niland, published by North Carolina Forensics - a blog published by the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defence Services - on January 4, 2013. (This is the first in a three-part series on lab accreditation, analyst certification, and ISO-compliant lab procedures by Ryan Niland.)
GIST: "Although the accreditation process is intended to promote standardization and quality control, recent scandals at crime labs in North Carolina, San Francisco, and elsewhere have shown that lab accreditation does not always ensure sound science."
The entire post can be found at:
http://ncforensics.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/part-1-whats-the-difference-between-accreditation-and-certification/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
