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An Argument Against Presenting Interval Quantifications as a Surrogate for the Value of Evidence

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A ROC-based Approximate Bayesian Computation Algorithm for Model Selection: Application to Fingerprint Comparisons in Forensic Science

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

May 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored

A review of likelihood ratios in forensic science based on a critique of Stiffelman "No longer the Gold standard: Probabilistic genotyping is changing the nature of DNA evidence in criminal trials"

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of the Vision X Comparison Microscope to Share Digital Images of Bullets and Shell Casings and the Potential Impact on the Firearms and Tool Marks Community

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Statistical Error Estimation for an Objective Measure of Similarity to a Latent Image

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Comprehensive Assessment of Novel Reference Materials and Analytical Methods for the Analysis and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues

2020-DQ-BX-0010

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$476,517

Forensic Footwear Reliability: Part I - Participant Demographics and Examiner Agreement

Date Published

September 2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Footwear Reliability: Part II - Range of Conclusions, Accuracy, and Consensus

Date Published

September 2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Footwear Reliability: Part III - Positive Predictive Value, Error Rates, and Inter-Rater Reliability

Date Published

September 2020

Publication Type

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

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NIJ and Rutgers University: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis With NOCIt

Date Published

September 2020

Publication Type

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

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Modeling Surface Morphology of the Pubic Symphysis

Date Published

August 2019

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Validation Study of the Utility of Using Total Body Score and Accumulated Degree Days to Determine the Post-Mortem Interval of Human Remains From Three Human Decomposition Research Facilities

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

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

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Exploring the Role of Contextual Information in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: A Qualitative Approach

Date Published

March 2016

Publication Type

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

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Likelihood Ratio and Posterior Odds in Forensic Genetics: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

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

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Empirically Observed and Predicted Estimates of Chance association: Estimating the Chance Association of Randomly Acquired Characteristics in Footwear Comparisons

Date Published

September 2019

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Pathologist Consensus in the Interpretation of Photographs of Patterned Injuries of the Skin

Date Published

April 2016

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Quantifying the Weight of Fingerprint Evidence Through the Spatial Relationship, Directions and Types of Minutiae Observed on Fingermarks

Date Published

March 2015

Publication Type

Statistics, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored

The Variability in Likelihood Ratios due to Different Mechanisms

Date Published

January 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Validation of Toolmark Comparisons Made at Different Vertical and Horizontal Angles

Date Published

May 2017

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Extension of the Fuzzy Integral for General Fuzzy Set-Valued Information

Date Published

December 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Reliability of Pattern Classification in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Part 1: Bloodstain Patterns on Rigid Non-absorbent Surfaces

Date Published

July 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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NIJ-Sponsored