Forensic Science Society
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The Forensic Science Society (FSS) is an international professional society
based in the UK. It was founded in 1959 and is one of the oldest and largest forensic associations in the world. The main aim of the society is to encourage communication and collaboration by providing an arena in which forensic practitioners, researchers, academics and those working in related fields can congregate, communicate and invoke development of areas such as best practice, research, publication, quality and ethics in forensic casework. In 2004, the Forensic Science Society became a professional body, and the voice for Forensic Practitioners, both in the UK and abroad.
The FSS promotes scholarship and education through a quarterly newsletter, one of the oldest journals in the field, Science & Justice
as well as an international accreditation program.
Professional body
A professional association is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest.The roles of these professional associations have been variously defined: "A group of people in a...
based in the UK. It was founded in 1959 and is one of the oldest and largest forensic associations in the world. The main aim of the society is to encourage communication and collaboration by providing an arena in which forensic practitioners, researchers, academics and those working in related fields can congregate, communicate and invoke development of areas such as best practice, research, publication, quality and ethics in forensic casework. In 2004, the Forensic Science Society became a professional body, and the voice for Forensic Practitioners, both in the UK and abroad.
The FSS promotes scholarship and education through a quarterly newsletter, one of the oldest journals in the field, Science & Justice
Science & Justice
Science & Justice is a peer-reviewed academic journal of forensics published by Elsevier on behalf of the Forensic Science Society and the International Society for Forensic Genetics. The journal was established in 1960 as the Journal of the Forensic Science Society and obtained its current name in...
as well as an international accreditation program.