Crime Lab Proficiency Testing and Quality Management

Type: Webinar Research Area(s): Latent Print

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In the wake of recent reports documenting the vulnerability of forensic science methodologies to human error (e.g., NAS, 2009; PCAST, …

Processing Stamp Bags for Latent Prints: Impacts of Rubric Selection and Gray-Scaling on Experimental Results

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2019 | By: B. Barnes

We report data on two open issues in our previous experimentation seeking an effective method for development of latent prints …

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Latent Print Proficiency Testing: An Examination of Test Respondents, Test-Taking Procedures, and Test Characteristics.

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2019 | By: Brett O. Gardner

Proficiency testing is a key component of quality assurance programs within crime laboratories and can help improve laboratory practices. However, …

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Accounting for individual differences among decision-makers with applications to the evaluation of forensic evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2019 | By: Amanda Luby

Forensic science often involves the comparison of crime-scene evidence to a known-source sample to determine if the evidence arose from …

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Pattern Evidence Research in CSAFE-An Update

Type: Webinar Research Area(s): Bloodstain, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear, Handwriting, Latent Print

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CSAFE is a NIST Center of Excellence in Forensic Science. A large portion of CSAFE’s research portfolio is on what …

Implementing Blind Proficiency Testing

Type: Webinar Research Area(s): Latent Print

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This CSAFE Center Wide webinar was presented on July 18, 2019 by Dr. Robin Mejia, CSAFE researcher at Carnegie Mellon …

Certainty and Uncertainty in Reporting Fingerprint Evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2018 | By: Joseph Kadane

Everyone knows that fingerprint evidence can be extremely incriminating. What is less clear is whether the way that a fingerprint …

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A Discouraging Omen: A Critical Evaluation of the Approved Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports for the Forensic Latent Print Discipline

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

Published: 2018 | By: Simon Cole

The theme of the 2018 Georgia State University Law Review symposium is the Future of Forensic Science Reform. In this …

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