International Association for Identification
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The International Association for Identification (IAI) is the largest forensic organization in the world.
The IAI was originally formed as the "International Association for Criminal Identification" in October 1915. Through the years it has grown into an educational and certification body with over 6,000 members worldwide.
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The International Association for Identification also participates in Scientific Working Groups (SWGs)
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The organization's monthly publication is the Journal of Forensic Identification.
The IAI was originally formed as the "International Association for Criminal Identification" in October 1915. Through the years it has grown into an educational and certification body with over 6,000 members worldwide.
Mission and Goals
- The International Association for Identification (IAI) strives to be the primary professional association for those engaged in forensic identificationForensic identificationForensic identification is the application of forensic science, or "forensics", and technology to identify specific objects from the trace evidence they leave, often at a crime scene or the scene of an accident. Forensic means "for the courts"....
, investigation, and scientific examination of physical evidence. To accomplish this mission, the IAI has six goals:
- Educate members about the most current information and research in forensic identification.
- Affiliate people who are actively engaged in the profession of forensic identification, investigation, and scientific examination of physical evidence in an organized body. In this way, the profession may be standardized, as well as effectively and scientifically practiced.
- Enlarge and improve the science of forensic identification and crimeCrimeCrime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
detection. - Encourage research in scientific crime detection.
- Employ the collective wisdom of the profession to advance the scientific techniques of forensic identification and crime detection.
John A. Dondero Memorial Award
The award is presented to an Active Member of the Association, who have made "the most significant and valuable contribution in the area of identification and allied sciences during the calendar year immediately preceding each Annual Conference of the Association."Recipients:
- 1959- Hoover, J. EdgarJ. Edgar HooverJohn Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI—in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972...
; Washington, DC - 1960- Cashin, William E.; Albany, NY
- 1969- Mooney, Donald G.; Washington, DC
- 1970- Musial, Joseph; Miami, FL
- 1972- Brunelle, Richard L.; Washing, DC
- 1973- Nash, Ernest W.; East Lansing, MI
- 1974- MacDonell, Herbert L.; Corning, NY
- 1975- McCann, Paul; Albany, NY
- 1976- Given, Bruce; Falls Church, VA
- 1978- Johnson, Robert L.; Annandale, VA
- 1980- Dalrymple, Brian E.Brian E. DalrympleBrian E. Dalrymple is an Ontarian fingerprint scientist known for introducing for the first time the use of lasers as a forensic light sources for fingerprints and other evidence detection, using the Argon Ion Lasers to detect the inherent fluorescence of the latent fingerprints and finding...
; Toronto, Ontario - 1982- Hazen, Robert J. ; Quantico, VA
- 1985- Kendall, Frank G.; Atlanta, GA
- 1988- Domingo, Frank; New York, NY
- 1989- Lee, Dr. Henry C.; Meriden, CT
- 1997- Sampson, William C.; Miami, FL
- 2001- Smith, Ron; Meridian, MS
- 2002- Taylor, Karen T.Karen T. TaylorKaren T. Taylor is an American forensic and portrait artist who has worked for over a quarter century helping resolve prominent criminal cases for a variety of law enforcement agencies throughout the world. Her primary expertise includes composite imagery, child and adult age progression,...
; Austin, TX - 2004- Masters, Nancy E.; St. Helen's, OR
- 2006- Bodziak, William J.; Palm Coast, FL
- 2007- Meagher, Stephen B.; Quantico, VA
- 2008- Ashbaugh, DavidDavid R. AshbaughDavid R. Ashbaugh is a Canadian police officer known for is extensive research on the friction ridge identification, introducing for the first time the use of the term ridgeology in forensic identification and the ACE-V methodology...
; British Columbia, Canada
Good of the Association Award
This award recognize an individual who, "in the opinion and judgment of the IAI's Board of Directors, is deemed to have made an "outstanding contribution to the Association.""Recipients:
- 1987- Nielson, John P.
- 1988- Bonebrake, George
- 1989- Fiorenza, Tom
- 1990- Saviers, Kathleen D.
- 1991- Crooker, Rosella O.
- 1993- Carrick, Michael F.; Grieve, Rhoda M. and Murray, James T.
- 1994- Gettemy, James B. and Neuner, John K.
- 1995- Grieve, David L.; Hahn, Timothy F. and Stryker, Henry
- 1996- Martin, Charles E. and Sanders, Robert C., III
- 1997- Carrick, Michael F.; Fiorenza, Tom; Murray, Candy; Shane, Curtis M. and Shane, Mathea
- 1998- Douthit, John D. and Hamm, Ernest D.
- 1999- FBI, Laboratory Division; Illsley, Charles P. and Ostermeyer, Donald C.
- 2000- Chapman, Carey
- 2001- Ashbaugh, David; German, Edward R.; Meagher, Steven B. and Punter, Ann D.
- 2002- Murray, Candy; Polski, Joseph P. and Smith, Norman R.
- 2004- Nash, Steven
- 2005- Parkinson, Gregory A.
- 2006- Garrett, Robert J.
- 2008- Leben, Debbie
- 2009- Brown, King C.; Watkins, Dawn
Training
There are four means of obtaining training through the IAI:- IAI Sponsored Training Opportunities
- IAI Division Conferences
- International Education Conference
- Vendor/Supplier and Private Training
Certification boards
There are several certifying boards:- Bloodstain Pattern AnalysisBloodstain pattern analysisBloodstain pattern analysis is one of several specialties in the field of forensic science. The use of bloodstains as evidence is not new; however, the application of modern science has brought it to a higher level...
Certification - Crime SceneCrime sceneA crime scene is a location where an illegal act took place, and comprises the area from which most of the physical evidence is retrieved by trained law enforcement personnel, crime scene investigators or in rare circumstances, forensic scientists....
Certification- Level I -- Certified Crime Scene Investigator
- Level II—Certified Crime Scene Analyst
- Level III—Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst
- FootwearFootwearFootwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for fashion, protection against the environment, and adornment. Being barefoot is commonly associated with poverty, but some cultures chose not to wear footwear at least in some situations....
Certification - Forensic Art Certification
- Forensic PhotographyForensic photographyForensic photography, sometimes referred to as forensic imaging or crime scene photography, is the art of producing an accurate reproduction of a crime scene or an accident scene using photography for the benefit of a court or to aid in an investigation. It is part of the process of evidence...
Certification - Latent Print Certification
- Tenprint FingerprintFingerprintA fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In a wider use of the term, fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human hand. A print from the foot can also leave an impression of friction ridges...
Certification
The International Association for Identification also participates in Scientific Working Groups (SWGs)
Scientific Working Group
Since the early 1990s, the US FBI Laboratory has sponsored Scientific Working Groups to improve discipline practices and create mutual agreements between federal, state, and local forensic community partners...
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The organization's monthly publication is the Journal of Forensic Identification.