A study of mock jurors’ evaluation of firearm examiner testimony showed that many judicial and prosecution-driven interventions to limit conclusion...
In recent years, several black box studies have been conducted that attempt to estimate the error rates of firearm examiners. Most of these studies show very small error rates overall. However, what has received little attention is the actual calculation of these error rates, particularly the effect of inconclusive findings on those error rates. A...
Researchers from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) will present two webinars for the Forensic Technology...
Iowa State University has named Heike Hofmann, professor of statistics and CSAFE researcher, the Kingland Data Analytics Faculty Fellow. The...
CSAFE is delighted to announce that their new CSAFE 2.0 primary partner is West Virginia University. Known for cultivating a...
Two CSAFE team members were recently named to the Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners (AFTE) Technical Advisory board....
January 5, 2017 The AFTE 2017 Training Seminar is coming up soon, and the AFTE 2017 Host Committee is ready...
December 1, 2016 CSAFE researchers were invited to participate in the Forensics@NIST2016 event which takes place every two years. This...