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Commentary on Curley et al. Assessing cognitive bias in forensic decisions: a review and outlook

October 12, 2021 / Publication / Latent Print

In their recent critical review titled “Assessing Cognitive Bias in Forensic Decisions: A Review and Outlook,” Curley et al. (1) offer a confused and incomplete discussion of “task relevance” in

A Survey of Fingerprint Examiners’ Attitudes towards Probabilistic Reporting

September 24, 2021 / Webinar / Latent Print, Training and Education

This CSAFE webinar was held on September 22, 2021. Presenter: Simon Cole University of California, Irvine Presentation Description: Over the past decade, with increasing scientific scrutiny on forensic reporting practices,

Latent print quality in blind proficiency testing: Using quality metrics to examine laboratory performance

September 2, 2021 / Publication / Latent Print

Calls for blind proficiency testing in forensic science disciplines intensified following the 2009 National Academy of Sciences report and were echoed in the 2016 report by the President’s Council of

CSAFE 2021 Field Update

June 21, 2021 / Presentation Slides, Webinar / Bloodstain, Digital, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear, Forensic Statistics, Handwriting, Implementation and Practice, Latent Print, Training and Education

The 2021 Field Update was held June 14, 2021, and served as the closing to the first year of CSAFE 2.0. CSAFE brought together researchers, forensic science partners and interested

Mt. Everest—we are going to lose many: a survey of fingerprint examiners’ attitudes towards probabilistic reporting

May 18, 2021 / Publication / Latent Print

Over the past decade, with increasing scientific scrutiny on forensic reporting practices, there have been several efforts to introduce statistical thinking and probabilistic reasoning into forensic practice. These efforts have

IRT for Forensics

April 15, 2021 / Webinar / Latent Print

This CSAFE webinar was held on April 8, 2021. Presenter: Amanda Luby Assistant Professor of Statistics, Swarthmore College Presentation Description: In this webinar, Amanda Luby explored how Item Response Theory

Latent print comparison and examiner conclusions: A field analysis of case processing in one crime laboratory

March 24, 2021 / Publication / Latent Print

Scholarship on the latent print comparison process has expanded in recent years, responsive to the call for rigorous research by scholarly groups (e.g., National Academy of Sciences, 2009; President’s Council

Psychometric analysis of forensic examiner behavior

December 14, 2020 / Publication / Latent Print

Forensic science often involves the comparison of crime-scene evidence to a known-source sample to determine if the evidence and the reference sample came from the same source. Even as forensic

Implementing blind proficiency testing in forensic laboratories: Motivation, obstacles, and recommendations

December 14, 2020 / Publication / Latent Print

Regular proficiency testing of forensic examiners is required at accredited laboratories and widely accepted as an important component of a functioning quality assurance program. Yet, unlike in other testing industries,

Implementation of a Blind Quality Control Program in a Forensic Laboratory

May 28, 2020 / Publication / Implementation and Practice, Latent Print

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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