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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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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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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Reply to Response to Vacuous standards – Subversion of the OSAC standards-development process

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice

Published: 2021 | By: Geoffrey Stewart Morrison

This Letter to the Editor is a reply to Mohammed et al. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100145, which in turn is a response …

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Jury Perception of Bullet Matching Algorithms and Demonstrative Evidence

Type: Poster Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice

Published: 2022 | By: Rachel Rogers

Presented at Joint Statistical Meetings

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Unpacking the Sources of Error in Forensic Evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice

Published: 2021 | By: Brandon Garrett

An overview of the Autopsy of a Crime Lab book and the ways in which error can occur in forensic …

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