@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2406, title = {Knowledge Management Applied to Forensic Sciences}, author = {Norma Rodrigues Gomes}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {This paper presents initiatives of Knowledge Management (KM) applied to Forensic Sciences field, especially developed at the Forensic Science Institute of the Brazilian Federal Police. Successful projects, related to knowledge sharing, drugs analysis and environmental crimes, are reported in the KM perspective. The described results are related to: a) the importance of having an information repository, like a digital library, in such a multidisciplinary organization; b) the fight against drug dealing and environmental crimes, enabling the possibility to map the evolution of crimes, drug trafficking flows, and the advance of deforestation in Amazon rain forest. Perspectives of new KM projects under development and studies are also presented, tracing an evolution line of the KM view at the Forensic Science Institute.}, journal = {International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences}, volume = {5}, number = {11}, year = {2011}, pages = {1714 - 1717}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2406}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/59}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 59, 2011}, }