Scientific testing station

...Due to the strict restrictions on the admissibility of confessions and statements under the current Constitution and Criminal Procedure Law, and the difficulty of obtaining information from witnesses due to the collapse of local communities, the need for physical evidence has increased, and scientific investigation has become important for collecting it. Scientific investigation is carried out by the National Research Institute of Police Science established in the National Police Agency, the scientific examination laboratories and forensic science departments of the Metropolitan Police Department and prefectural police headquarters, and the forensic science sections of each police station, who cooperate with detectives involved in criminal investigations or respond to their requests to pursue physical evidence. The fields of scientific investigation are diverse, including scene forensics, forensic science, firearms forensics, fire forensics, document forensics, psychological forensics, photo forensics, and forensic chemistry forensics. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "scientific testing laboratories" is listed below.

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…現行憲法･刑事訴訟法の下で自白や供述の証拠能力の制限が厳格になったこと，地域社会の崩壊により目撃者からの情報を得にくくなったこと等により，物的証拠の必要性が高まり，その収集のために科学捜査が重視されてきている。科学捜査の担い手は，警察庁に設置されている科学警察研究所，警視庁･道府県警察本部における科学検査所や鑑識課，各警察署における鑑識係であり，犯罪捜査に携わる刑事と協力し，またはその依頼に応じて，物的証拠の追究にあたっている。科学捜査の分野は現場鑑識，法医学鑑識，銃器鑑識，火災鑑識，文書鑑識，心理鑑識，写真鑑識，裁判化学鑑識等，多岐にわたる。…

※「科学検査所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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