Scientific Working Group
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Since the early 1990s, the US FBI Laboratory
has sponsored Scientific Working Groups (SWG) to improve discipline practices and create mutual agreements between federal, state, and local forensic community partners. In 2004 there were nine working groups:
Each SWG is made up of members from within the focus field. The SWGs have a common working framework that is based on the Scientific Working Group Bylaws.
The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) publishes the ASCLD NEWS newsletter three time a year in April, August, and December. This newsletter contains updates from the individual SWGs.
FBI Laboratory
The FBI Laboratory is a division within the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that provides forensic analysis support services to the FBI, as well as to state and local law enforcement agencies free of charge. The lab is currently located at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico,...
has sponsored Scientific Working Groups (SWG) to improve discipline practices and create mutual agreements between federal, state, and local forensic community partners. In 2004 there were nine working groups:
- SWGDAM - DNA Analysis
- SWGDE - Digital Evidence
- SWGDOC - Questioned Documents
- SWGDRUG - Analysis of Seized Drugs
- SWGFAST - Latent Fingerprints
- SWGGUN - Firearms and Toolmarks
- SWGIT - Imaging TechnologyScientific Working Group - Imaging TechnologyThe Scientific Working Group on Imaging Technology was convened by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1997 to provide guidance to law enforcement agencies and others in the criminal justice system regarding the best practices for photography, videography, and video and image...
- SWGMAT - Materials
- SWGSTAIN - Bloodstain Pattern AnalysisScientific Working Group - Bloodstain Pattern AnalysisThe Scientific Working Group on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis was created in March 2002 at a meeting held by the FBI Laboratory at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. It was decided that there was enough interest in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis to warrant the creation of the Scientific Working Group...
- FISWG - Facial Identification and Recognition
Each SWG is made up of members from within the focus field. The SWGs have a common working framework that is based on the Scientific Working Group Bylaws.
The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) publishes the ASCLD NEWS newsletter three time a year in April, August, and December. This newsletter contains updates from the individual SWGs.