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Improving the Understanding and the Reliability of the Concept of "Sufficiency" in Friction ridge Examination

Award Information

Awardee
The Pennsylvania State University
Award #
2010-DN-BX-K267
Funding Category
Competitive
Location

University Park, PA

Awardee County
Centre
Congressional District
12
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
Total funding (to date)
$479,412
Original Solicitation
NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $479,412)

The goal of this project is to study the current accuracy, reliability and reproducibility of the determination of sufficiency for comparison and sufficiency for identification by fingerprint examiners; and proposes to develop training protocols, methods and quantifiable measures of sufficiency to supports operational decisions and source inferences made by examiners when comparing fingerprints. The scientific foundations of fingerprint identification will then be supported by a large scale testing or latent fingerprint examiners hand in hand with a systematic assessment of the weight of the features used during the ACE process.
ca/ncf

Date Created: September 16, 2010