The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD, pronounced 'azz-clad'[1]) is a nonprofit society for forensic science.[1] Membership is multinational, and is open to crime lab directors, managers or supervisors.[1][2] ASCLD holds an annual members' conference, in which management training is given and networking is encouraged.[1][3]
History
editThe origins of ASCLD lie in a meeting of crime laboratory directors organised in 1973 by Clarence Kelly and Briggs White, of the FBI. At this meeting, a steering committee was formed, which brought ASCLD into being in 1974. The first meeting was held in Quantico.[1][2][4]
In the 1980s, ASCLD created subcommittee to develop standards for crime laboratories. This subcommittee was spun off as a separate organization, The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board, or ASCLD/LAB. ASCLD/LAB merged with ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) in 2016.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "About ASCLD". ASCLD. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ a b Newton, Michael (2008). The Encyclopedia of Crime Scene Investigation. Infobase Publishing. p. 8.
- ^ Tilstone, William J.; et al. (2006). Forensic Science: An Encyclopedia of History, Methods and Techniques. ABC-CLIO. p. 76.
- ^ a b "ASCLD - Our History". ASCLD. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ^ "ANSI National Accreditation Board | ANAB". anab.ansi.org. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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