Standards for Crime Scene Investigation: An OSAC Update

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Forensic Archaeology: Research & Practice" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) is a federal effort coordinated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create standards of best practice for all disciplines within forensic science. In 2015, NIST created an OSAC subcommittee to address the lack of standards within crime scene investigation. Included as inaugural members of the CSI subcommittee were two archaeologists, an important acknowledgement of the benefits of applying archaeological methodology to crime scene examination. Three years on, the subcommittee's efforts have begun to bear fruit. This presentation will provide an update on the progress of the CSI OSAC, the standards that have been created, and the implications for those that practice forensic archaeology.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Forensic Archaeology: Research & Practice   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23847