Forensic Quality Indicators frame work for Vulnerable Contexts
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This article analyzes the integration of efficiency indicators into the conceptual framework of forensic scientific results, demonstrating that the measurement of expert performance must be subordinated to the guarantee of technical quality. Through a documentary and regulatory review, the synergy bet weans the fundamental attributes of forensic results objectivity, reliability, traceability and key performance indicators in forensic units is examined. We conclude that efficiency indicator slack value if not correlated with technical effectiveness indicators. The ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard is presented as an integrating framework to measure and validate the conceptual quality of the result, complemented by ISO/IEC 17020:2012 for the crime scene inspection phase. Additionally, a situated analysis for contexts of energy vulnerability with emphasis son Cuba incorporated proposing operational resilience indicators that allow technical quality to be sustained despite electrical power interruptions. The integration of these indicators strengthens the credibility of the expert response and demonstrates, in a quantify able manner, that results are reliable and obtained efficiently.
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