Membership in the Criminalistics Section
Criminalistics Section members are engaged in research, education, practice or management in one of the natural, physical or forensic sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, DNA, Mathematics, Physics, Firearms/Tool marks and Trace Evidence). The main role of the criminalist is to objectively apply standard, scientific processing techniques of the physical and natural sciences to examine physical evidence.
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The enormous range of material challenges the ingenuity of the criminalist who examines and identifies hair, fibers, blood, seminal and other body fluid stains, drugs, paint, glass, botanicals, soil, flammables and safe insulating material; restores obliterated, smeared or smudged markings; and identifies firearms and compares fired bullets, tool markings, and footwear impressions.
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Criminalistics Membership Requirements
*Applicants should understand which requirements they have to meet to determine which entry level status they may join.
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AAFS is organized into 12 sections that encompass many forensic science disciplines. AAFS is honored to have more than 6,500 members from around the globe.