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Relaxing the assumption of unrelatedness in the numerator and denominator of likelihood ratios for DNA mixtures

Journal

Forensic Science International - Genetics

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Building a Unified Statistical Framework for the Forensic Identification of Source Problems

Journal

Law Probability & Risk

Date Published

June 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Research and Evaluation of the Implementation and Use of Continuous Probabilistic Genotyping Software to Improve the Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures

15PNIJ-21-GG-02710-SLFO

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$377,311

Defence against the modern arts: the curse of statistics-Part II: 'Score-based likelihood ratios'

Journal

Law Probability & Risk

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

September 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

May 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2020

Agencies

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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 II - Range of Conclusions, Accuracy, and Consensus

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ and Rutgers University: Advancing Mixture Interpretation Analysis With NOCIt

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Modeling Surface Morphology of the Pubic Symphysis

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

March 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Is PMI the Hypothesis or the Null Hypothesis?

Journal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Issue Overview, Historical Overview

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

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Date Published

December 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Evaluation of Forensic DNA Mixture Evidence: Protocol for Evaluation, Interpretation, and Statistical Calculations Using the Combined Probability of Inclusion

Journal

Bmc Genetics

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Reasons for Lack of Consensus in Forensic Pathologist Interpretation of Photographs of Patterns of Injury of the Skin

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Investigative Probabilistic Inferences of Smokeless Powder Manufacturers Utilizing a Bayesian Network

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

April 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)