All organisations require effective, well-trained management in order to function effectively and successfully. Crime laboratories are no exception. However, crime lab managers have often been left to 'on the job' training - coming across issues such as budget planning and human resource management for which their scientific training did not prepare them. Now, formal training in lab management is seen as an increasingly desirable step, and professional certificate and diploma courses are being established throughout the world. This book has been born out of the Crime Laboratory Management Professional Certificate course developed by the authors at the University of South Florida. This course has been hugely successful in terms of both demand for places and as the model for similar courses around the world. Crime Laboratory Management covers issues such as ethics and public service, corporate culture, organisational change and strategic planning, human resources management, budget management, occupational health, program evaluation and public sector labour relations. Managers of crime labs will find this book a valuable reference point, whilst those entering the profession will find it gives them a solid foundation on which to begin their managerial careers.