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Implementation of a Blind Quality Control Program in a Forensic Laboratory

May 28, 2020 / / ,
A blind quality control (QC) program was successfully developed and implemented in the Toxicology, Seized Drugs, Firearms, Latent Prints (Processing and Comparison), Forensic Biology, and Multimedia (Digital and Audio/Video) sections
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CSAFE 2020 All Hands Meeting

May 19, 2020 / / , , , , , , , ,
The 2020 All Hands Meeting was held May 12 and 13, 2020 and served as the closing to the last 5 years of CSAFE research and focused on kicking off
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How do latent print examiners perceive proficiency testing? An analysis of examiner perceptions, performance, and print quality

March 14, 2020 / /
Proficiency testing has the potential to serve several important purposes for crime laboratories and forensic science disciplines. Scholars and other stakeholders, however, have criticized standard proficiency testing procedures since their
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Crime Lab Proficiency Testing and Quality Management

January 22, 2020 / /
In the wake of recent reports documenting the vulnerability of forensic science methodologies to human error (e.g., NAS, 2009; PCAST, 2016), the field has sometimes pointed to proficiency testing as
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Processing Stamp Bags for Latent Prints: Impacts of Rubric Selection and Gray-Scaling on Experimental Results

October 14, 2019 / /
We report data on two open issues in our previous experimentation seeking an effective method for development of latent prints on glassine drug bags: (1) the choice of rubric to
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Latent Print Proficiency Testing: An Examination of Test Respondents, Test-Taking Procedures, and Test Characteristics.

September 14, 2019 / /
Proficiency testing is a key component of quality assurance programs within crime laboratories and can help improve laboratory practices. However, current proficiency testing procedures contain significant limitations and can be
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Accounting for individual differences among decision-makers with applications to the evaluation of forensic evidence

August 28, 2019 / /
Forensic science often involves the comparison of crime-scene evidence to a known-source sample to determine if the evidence arose from the same source as the reference sample. Common examples include
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Pattern Evidence Research in CSAFE-An Update

August 22, 2019 / / , , , ,
CSAFE is a NIST Center of Excellence in Forensic Science. A large portion of CSAFE’s research portfolio is on what is known as pattern evidence, which encompasses any evidence that
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Implementing Blind Proficiency Testing

July 31, 2019 / /
This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on July 18, 2019 by Dr. Robin Mejia, CSAFE researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Mejia provided presentation slides. Presentation Description: Blind proficiency
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The Role of Statistics in Forensic Science

April 15, 2019 / /
This presentation examines statistical methods in science, statistical success in forensic science as seen in interpreting DNA evidence and statistics in forensic science post-facto. It also discusses where statistics can
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