Judging Firearms Evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Implementation and Practice

Published: 2023 | By: Brandon L. Garrett

Firearms violence results in hundreds of thousands of criminal investigations each year. To try to identify a culprit, firearms examiners …

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A Rotation-Based Feature and Bayesian Hierarchical Model for the Forensic Evaluation of Handwriting Evidence in a Closed Set

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Handwriting

Published: 2023 | By: Amy Crawford

Forensic handwriting examiners are often tasked with identifying the writer of a particular document. Examples of handwriting evidence include ransom …

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Shining a Light on Forensic Black-box Studies

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Implementation and Practice

Published: 2023 | By: Kori Khan

Forensic science plays a critical role in the United States criminal justice system. For decades, many feature-based fields of forensic …

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Creating a Forensic Database of Shoeprints from Online Shoe-Tread Photos

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Footwear

Published: 2023 | By: Samia Shafique

Shoe-tread impressions are one of the most common types of evidence left at crime scenes. However, the utility of such …

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Perceptions of blind proficiency testing among latent print examiners

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

Published: 2023 | By: Brett O. Gardner

In recent years, scholars have levied multiple criticisms against traditional proficiency testing procedures in forensic laboratories. Consequently, on several occasions, …

What types of information can and do latent print examiners review? A survey of practicing examiners

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

Published: 2023 | By: Brett Gardner

Understanding typical work practices is important to understanding the decision-making process underlying latent print comparison and improving the reliability of …

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Hierarchical Bayesian non-response models for error rates in forensic black-box studies

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Implementation and Practice, Training and Education

Published: 2023 | By: Kori Khan

Forensic science plays a critical role in the United States criminal legal system. Historically, however, most feature-based fields of forensic …

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Towards a likelihood ratio approach for bloodstain pattern analysis

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Bloodstain, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2022 | By: Tong Zou

In this work, we explore the application of likelihood ratio as a forensic evidence assessment tool to evaluate the causal …

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