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New CSAFE Study Looks at Examiner Consistency in Perceptions of Fingerprint Minutia Rarity

December 4, 2024

Recently published research from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) examines how friction ridge examiners (FREs) …

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New Publications Available from CSAFE Researchers

October 30, 2024

Researchers from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) continually publish new research for the forensic and …

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Study Shows Defense Expert Rebuttals Can Neutralize Prosecution Fingerprint Evidence

February 25, 2022

A study from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) showed that a rebuttal expert’s testimony could …

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CSAFE Announces Call for Abstracts for Special Issue of Law, Probability & Risk

January 20, 2022

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended until April 30, 2022. Abstracts will be selected by May 15, and …

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New Study Uses Latent Quality Metrics to Examine Laboratory Performance

October 28, 2021

A recent study from the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) analyzed the outcomes from one latent …

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New Study Explores Fingerprint Examiners’ Attitudes towards Probabilistic Reporting

August 30, 2021

Recent efforts have been made to introduce probabilistic reasoning into forensic practice, but it is unclear whether forensic examiners are …

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New CSAFE Study Analyzes Real-world Latent Print Comparison Casework

April 29, 2021

A recently published analysis of latent print comparison cases from a large metropolitan crime lab sought to understand different workflows …

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New Study Explores Using Item Response Theory Models to Analyze Forensic Examiner Behavior

January 28, 2021

A recently published study explored various behavioral models to determine how an examiner’s proficiency and behavior influence their decisions when …

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New Amicus Brief Authored by CSAFE Researcher Calls for More Reliable Applications of Fingerprint Evidence

August 15, 2018

In the pursuit of more reliable applications of fingerprint and other forensic evidence, CSAFE researcher and Duke L. Neil Williams …

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Addressing Bias in Latent Print Processing- CSAFE Examines Crime Laboratory Evidence Submission Forms

January 30, 2018

Evidence submission forms are critical to accurate forensic evidence analysis, but learn how they may unknowingly bias examiner conclusionsProper handling …

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CSAFE Researcher Gives Presentation, Work Featured in Magazine

February 15, 2017

CSAFE researcher and Carnegie Mellon University professor emeritus Joseph “Jay” Kadane gave a presentation titled “Fingerprint Science” at the 69th …

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Presenters sought for NIST 2017 Technical Colloquium on the Weight of Evidence (WoE)

January 5, 2017

January 5, 2017 The NIST 2017 Technical Colloquium on the Weight of Evidence (WoE) will be held June 27-29, 2017 at …

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CSAFE Research featured at Forensics@NIST2016 Event

December 1, 2016

December 1, 2016 CSAFE researchers were invited to participate in the Forensics@NIST2016 event which takes place every two years. This …

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