International Association For Identification - Mission and Goals

Mission and Goals

The International Association for Identification (IAI) strives to be the primary professional association for those engaged in forensic identification, 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 crime 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.