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Forensic Comparison and Matching of Fingerprints: Using Quantitative Image Measures for Estimating Error Rates Through Understanding and Predicting Difficulty

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

May 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Review of Several False Positive Error Rate Estimates for Latent Fingerprint Examination Proposed Based on the 2014 Miami Dade Police Department Study

Journal

arXiv

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Semi-empirical Kinetics Model for Fingerprint Aging

15PNIJ-24-GG-03855-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$399,437

Simultaneous Imaging of Latent Fingermarks and Detection of Analytes of Forensic Relevance by Laser Ablation Direct Analysis in Real Time Imaging-Mass Spectrometry (LADI-MS)

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Latent Fingerprints Using Titanium Oxide Development Powder as an Existing Matrix

Journal

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

The Nature of Expertise in Fingerprint Examiners

Journal

Psychonomic Bulletin Review

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Cognitive Science and the Law

Journal

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Near Infrared-to-Near Infrared Upconversion Nanocrystals for Latent Fingerprint Development

Journal

Acs Applied Nano Materials

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Science (2011)

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

LQM: Localized Quality Measure for Fingerprint Image Enhancement

Journal

Ieee Access

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Fingerprint Analysis: Moving Toward Multiattribute Determination via Individual Markers (Thesis Document)

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Predicting Fingerprint Age Based on Ozonolysis Kinetics of Unsaturated Triacylglycerol Degradation

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis

15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$111,000

Is forensic science the last bastion of resistance against statistics?

Journal

Science & Justice

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Influence of Temperature on the Polymerization of Ethyl Cyanoacrylate from the Vapor Phase

Journal

Reactive and Functional Polymers

Date Published

August 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The relation between sensitivity, similar non-matches and database size in fingerprint database searches

Journal

Law Probability & Risk

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An objective fingerprint quality grading system

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

September 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Utility of Non-Identifiable Fingermarks

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Revealing chemical evidence from fingerprints through matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization - mass spectrometry imaging

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences, Part 1

March 2023

Series

Justice Today Podcast

The scientific basis of several aspects of forensic evidence was first called into question by the 2009 National Research Council report. That report had an immediate impact on law enforcement, crime labs, courtrooms, and the broader scientific community. 

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Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences, Part 1

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Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences, Part 1

Fractal analysis of fingerprints

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Framework for biometric match score fusion using statistical and belief models

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A content analysis of fingerprint literature for educational curricula

Journal

Science & Justice

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Coping with Close Non-Matches in Latent Print Comparison (re-)Training

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

On the assumption of equal contributions in fingerprinting

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)