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Miami-Dade Research Study for the Reliability of the ACE-V Process: Accuracy, Precision, Reproducibility and Repeatability in Latent Fingerprint Examination

Award Information

Awardee
Miami Dade County
Award #
2010-DN-BX-K268
Funding Category
Competitive
Location

Miami, FL

Awardee County
Miami-Dade
Congressional District
25
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
Total funding (to date)
$139,530
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, $139,530)

The goal of this project is to evaluate the reliability of ACE-V methodology by measuring the accuracy, precision, reproducibility and repeatability of four categorical opinions: identification, exclusion, inconclusive, and no value. In this study, 100 test sets will be assembled from 320 latent impressions and 13 standards. Test sets will require the comparison of unknown latent impressions to known standards. ca/ncf
Date Created: September 1, 2010