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Latent Fingerprint Matching: Fusion of Rolled and Plain Fingerprints

Journal

Advances in Biometrics

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

On matching latent fingerprints

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

On the utility of extended fingerprint features: A study on pores

Date Published

August 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A data set of bloodstain patterns for teaching and research in bloodstain pattern analysis: Impact beating spatters

Journal

Data in Brief

Date Published

January 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Authors' Response

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Defining Methods to Create Consistent, Reproducible Impressions Deposited in Biofluids on a Variety of Substrates

Journal

Journal of Forensic Legal & Investigative Sciences

Date Published

October 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Automated Image-based Identification and Consistent Classification of Fire Patterns with Quantitative Shape Analysis and Spatial Location Identification

Journal

Developments in Built Environment

Date Published

January 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Methods for Obtaining High-Quality Touch DNA from a Nonporous Surface after Latent Fingerprint Collection

Journal

Journal of Forensic Identification

Date Published

January 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Impression Session: Firearms and Toolmarks

August 2023

Series

National Center on Forensics

This training was presented as a part of the National Center on Forensics Conference at George Mason University on August 10th, 2023. In this session, NIST Senior Forensic Science Research Manager Rob Thompson and FBI Supervisory Physical Scientist/Forensic Examiner Michelle Machalka introduce the concepts of firearm and fingerprint impressions.

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FBI Subaward to the NIST project "Identifying Class and Individual Characteristics of Printer Marks on Additively Manufactured Firearm Components"

GRANT14110035-B

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$130,000

Identifying Class and Individual Characteristics of Printer Marks on Additively Manufactured Firearm Components

DJO-NIJ-25-RO-0001

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$389,657

Improving Fire Pattern Analysis Using Non-Invasive Sensor Technologies

15PNIJ-24-GG-03845-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$630,560

Attribution of tire marks via their elemental profile

15PNIJ-24-GG-03849-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$299,344

Semi-empirical Kinetics Model for Fingerprint Aging

15PNIJ-24-GG-03855-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$399,437

Black Box Evaluation of Hand Detail Image Comparisons

15PNIJ-24-GG-03846-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$746,866

Quantitative Matching of Forensic Evidence Fragments Using Fracture Surface Topography and Statistical Learning

Journal

Nature Communications

Date Published

September 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of double casts for the validation of three-dimensional imaging systems for firearm forensics

15PNIJ-24-GG-01553-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$205,090

Using Objective Criteria for Bloodstain Pattern Classification

Event Dates

August 1, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

FITS—Functional Implementation of Thorough and Systematic Approaches for Fracture Examinations

Event Dates

June 4, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Switch-on Near Infrared Emission in Albumin Behind Dark Fabric: Toward Application in Forensic Latent Bloodstain Detection

Journal

RSC Advances

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mechanisms Underlying Desistance from Crime: Individual and Social Pathways

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Estimate of the Random Match Frequency of Acquired Characteristics in Footwear: Part II - Impressions in Dust

Journal

Science and Justice

Date Published

January 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Estimate of the Random Match Frequency of Acquired Characteristics in Footwear: Part I - Impressions in Blood

Journal

Science and Justice

Date Published

January 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

FBI Laboratory Decision Analysis Studies in Pattern Evidence Examinations

Event Dates

March 19, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

ASCLD Train The Director Webinar Series

Impression Session: Firearms and Toolmarks

Event Dates

August 10, 2023

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required