ArticleForensic science international. Synergy2026
Organizational culture and forensic science reliability: A lifecycle analysis of latent error pathways.
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Abstract
Reliability in forensic science is often inferred from accreditation and standards compliance. These controls are necessary, but they do not, by themselves, demonstrate stable performance under routine casework conditions. This conceptual synthesis treats reliability in the scientific systems sense: the capacity of a forensic science system to maintain stable performance and to interrupt error under ordinary operating constraints. Drawing on forensic science, safety science, and organizational research, it describes three mechanism-consistent pathways by which reliability can erode without overt nonconformance: latent conditions embedded in workload and review design; attenuation of weak signals as concerns are summarized or administratively closed; and lifecycle propagation, where early constraints shape later analysis, interpretation, reporting, and testimony. The Marshall Hale wrongful conviction is used as an illustrative mechanism map of how procedural completion can coexist with reduced corrective leverage across institutional boundaries.
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