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In 2009 the National Academy of Sciences issued a report critical of the state of forensic science in the United States. One outcome of the report was the formation of OSAC, Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science. OSAC’s 22 subcommittees are charged with creating standards for the forensic sciences. The formation of standards for Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) is one component of OSAC’s mission. To make these standards reality requires an SDO or Standards Development Organization. In response to this need the American Academy of Forensic Sciences established an SDO, the Academy Standards Board or ASB. DVI is included in the ASB and has its own committee or Consensus Body. It was during the routine work of the DVI Consensus Body that impetus for this book, outlining the current state of DVI in the United States, came about.

December 2021

John A. Williams

Victor W. Weedn