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competency 

Legal A legal term referring to an individual’s cognitive and mental ability to engage in decision-making activities (e... Read More

competency test(s) 

Forensic DNA Lab A written, oral, and/or practical test or series of tests, designed to establish that an individual has demonstrated achievement of technical skills and met minimum standards of knowledge necessary to perform forensic DNA analysis... Read More

competitive benchmark

Goal comparisons with the best external entities in the field... Read More

complaint

The formal written pleading filed in a civil court alleging that the defendant(s) injured the plaintiff(s), and that the defendant(s) should be liable for damages caused... Read More

complete friction ridge exemplars

A systematic recording of all friction ridge detail appearing on the palmar sides of the hands, including the extreme sides of the palms, joints, tips, and sides of the fingers... Read More

completed burglary

A form of burglary in which a person who has no legal right to be present in the structure successfully gains entry to a residence, by use of force or without force... Read More

complex examinations

Pertaining to friction ridge identification, the encountering of uncommon circumstances during an examination (e... Read More

compliance

Within a healthcare context, a measure of the extent to which persons undergo an assigned treatment or regimen such as taking prescribed medications, undergoing a medical procedure, following instructions for wound care, etc... Read More

comprehensive agency

In victim services this term is used to describe a non-profit or non-governmental organization that provides a suite of services... Read More

compression

Pertaining to data compression, the application of a compression algorithm to reduce the size of a file... Read More

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