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Using Eye Tracking to Understand Decisions by Forensic Latent Print Examiners

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Untangling the Relationship Between Hair Microstructure and Ancestry

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Transfer and Persistence of Glass Fragments: Experimental Studies Involving Vehicle and Container Glass

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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The Effects of a Prior Examiner’s Status and Findings on Lay Examiners’ Shoeprint Match Decisions

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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The Effect of Fingerprint Chemicals on the Chemical Analysis and Comparison of Duct and Cloth Tapes

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Swab Touch Spray Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue from Human Hand and Various Surfaces Using Commercial and Fieldable Mass Spectrometry Systems

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Sufficiency and Complexity Factors in Handwriting Examination

January 2018
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This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Subpopulation of Fibres and Their Importance to Forensic Science

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Status Update on the Development of a 3D Scanning and Analysis System for Cartridge Cases

January 2018
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2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Likelihood Ratio Computation for Multivariate Trace Evidence

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Quantitative Methods for Forensic Footwear Analysis

January 2019
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2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Occurrence and Utility of Latent Print Correspondences That Are Insufficient for Identification

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2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Objective Comparison of Striated Toolmarks Produced from Ten Consecutively Manufactured Cold Chisels Measured by Contact and Optical Surface Profilometry and Comparison Microscopy

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Location Detection and Characterization in Mixtures of Dust Particles

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Integration of Pulp and Paper Fiber Microscopy into a Course on Forensic Paper Examination and Authentication of Historical Documents for Forensic Chemistry and Art Conservation

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Instrumental Analysis of Gunshot Residue—Reconstruction of Crime Scenes

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Implementation of 3D Technology, Analysis, and Statistics for Firearm and Toolmark Examinations

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Generalizing Across Forensic Comparative Science Disciplines

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Further Persistence Studies of PDMS Condom Lubricants

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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Fracture Mechanics-Based Quantitative Matching of Forensic Evidence Fragments: B) Statistical Framework

January 2018
Series
2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium

This event brought together practitioners and researchers to enhance information-sharing and promote collaboration among the impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysts, law enforcement, and legal communities.

The symposium was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence January 22-25, 2018.

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