Testing A 'Not Sure' Instruction to Reduce the Harmful Impact of System and Estimator Variables on Lineup Identification Accuracy
Date Published
2025
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
False Identification
Study of False-Positive and False-Negative Error Rates in Cartridge Case Comparisons
Date Published
May 2014
Agencies
NIJ
Evaluating the Robustness and Ruggedness of a Statistical Method for Comparison of Mass Spectral Data for Seized Drug Identification
2020-DQ-BX-0001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$228,918
Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania
2017-IJ-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$40,932
Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania
2017-IJ-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$41,856
Eyewitness Identification: A Systematic Investigation of Lineup Composition and Fairness
2018-R2-CX-0027
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$344,515
Testing a ''not sure'' instruction as a prophylactic against the harmful impact of system and estimator variables on lineup identification accuracy
2018-R2-CX-0030
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$183,059
Sex and Ancestry Estimation Methods in Modern Filipino Crania
2017-IJ-CX-0008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$47,451
Combining a Portable, Tandem Mass Spectrometer With Automated Library Searching - an Important Step Towards Streamlined, On-site Identification of Forensic Evidence
Date Published
January 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Erroneous Convictions in Criminal Justice
March 2013
Interview with Jon Gould, Ph.D., Director of the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research, American University.
Dr. Gould discusses:
- Bottom line findings from the study "Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice"
- Ten statistically significant factors related to wrongful convictions
- The role of systemic error and tunnel vision
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Development of Synthetically Generated LEA Signatures to Generalize Probability of False Positive Identification Estimates
Date Published
October 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Impact of Human–Technology Cooperation and Distributed Cognition in Forensic Science: Biasing Effects of AFIS Contextual Information on Human Experts
Date Published
March 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored