Resolving latent conflict: What happens when latent print examiners enter the cage?

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice, Latent Print

Published: 2018 | By: Alicia Rairden

Latent print examination traditionally follows the ACE-V process, in which latent prints are first analyzed to determine whether they are …

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Brief of Amici Curiae, State v. McPhaul, No. 421PA17

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice

Published: 2018 | By: Brandon Garrett

As the field of forensic science grows, new techniques are developed, and our justice system becomes more dependent on the …

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Creating fingerprint databases and a Bayesian approach to quantify dependencies in evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics

Published: 2018 | By: Maria Tackett

In 2009, the National Research Council issued “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward” about the need …

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A data set of bloodstain patterns for teaching and research in bloodstain pattern analysis: Impact beating spatters

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Bloodstain

Published: 2018 | By: Daniel Attinger

This is a data set of 61 blood spatter patterns scanned at high resolution, generated by controlled impact events corresponding …

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Proficiency Testing of Forensic Fingerprint Examiners with Bayesian Item Response Theory

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2018 | By: Amanda S. Luby

In recent years, the forensic community has pushed to increase the scientific basis of forensic evidence, which has included proficiency …

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How should forensic scientists present source conclusions?

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice

Published: 2018 | By: Thompson, W.C.

The question I will address is how forensic scientists should communicate source conclusions in reports and testimony. The answer, I …

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Letter to the Editor: Automatic Classification of Bloodstain Patterns Caused by Gunshot and Blunt Impact At Various Distances

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Bloodstain

Published: 2020 | By: Yu Liu

The forensics discipline of bloodstain pattern analysis plays an important role in crime scene analysis and reconstruction. One reconstruction question …

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Who Will Regulate American Forensic Science

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice

Published: 2018 | By: Simon Cole

A review of American forensic science regulation

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