International Association for Identification

    Being certified by the International Association for Identification, and being actively engaged in the profession of crime scene investigation, I dedicate myself to serve mankind and to respect the constitutional rights of all people to liberty, equality, and justice.
    I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, and animosities or friendships to influence my decisions. With no compromise for crime, I will devote myself to unite, promote, and disseminate within the profession any advancement in my effort to make more effective analysis of the crime scene.
    I will apply my technical knowledge factually, with perseverance and conviction to preserve the ethical standards of the profession of scientific identification and investigation.
    I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession of law enforcement.

I. General Qualifications: An Applicant for certification must be of good moral character, high integrity, good repute and must posses high ethical professional standing.

II. Requirements (Tri-Level Certification):

LEVEL I - Crime Scene Technician (CST)
   (1) 1 Year in crime scene related activities, AND;
   (2) Completed 2 Crime Scene related courses, AND;
   (3) Must pass a written test, minimum score of 70.

LEVEL II - Crime Scene Analyst (CSA)
   (1) 3 Years in crime scene related activities, AND;
   (2) Completed 4 Crime Scene related courses, AND;
   (3) Must pass a written test, minimum score of 70.

LEVEL III - Senior Crime Scene Analyst (SCSA)
   (1) 6 Years in crime scene related activities, AND;
   (2) Completed 6 Crime Scene related courses, AND;
   (3) Must pass a written test, minimum score of 70, AND one of the following:
        (A) Authored an article on some phase of crime scene investigation in a professional journal, OR;
        (B) Made a presentation on some phase of crime scene investigation to a professional organization, OR;
        (C) Be an instructor in some phase of crime scene investigation, instructing at least once a year, OR;
        (D) Submit a court transcript from an actual case in which you testified on crime scene investigations.

The test for each level will be taken from 2 publications selected by the Crime Scene Certification Board.

III. In-house Training Requirements
For those applicants who are employed by departments, a structured training program approved by the Crime Scene Certification Board may be substituted for the educational requirements.

IV. Endorsements
All applicants MUST submit 2 letters of endorsement. One from your superior and the other from an associate who is a member of the International or State Division of the IAI.

Level 1: Crime Scene Technician
Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation 5th Edition.
Barry Fisher
Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc. 52 Vanderbilt Ave. NY, NY 10017

Criminal Investigation: A Method of Reconstructing the Past
James W. Osterburg & Richard Ward
Anderson Publishing Company Cincinnati, OH

Level 2: Crime Scene Analyst
Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science 5th Edition
Richard Saferstein
Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliff, NJ 07632

Scott's Fingerprint Mechanics
Robert D. Olsen, Sr.
Charles C. Thomas Publishing Company 2600 S. 1st Street Springfield, IL 62704

Level 3: Senior Crime Scene Analyst
Practical Homicide Investigation 1st or 2nd Edition
Vernon J. Geberth
Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc. 52 Vanderbilt Ave. NY, NY 10017

Forensic Science: An Introduction to Criminalistics
Peter DeForest, R.E.Gaensslen, & Henry C. Lee
McGraw-Hill Book Company New York, New York