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Statistical and Testimony from the Practitioner and Juror Point of View - Panel Discussion

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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Statistical Approaches to Forensic Interpretation: Panel Discussion

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 Evaluation of the Joint Value of Paint and Toolmark Evidence Using Bayesian Networks

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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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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Statistics and Testimony from the Practitioner and Juror Point of View: Panel Discussion

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 Testimony - Cross-Examined

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 Use of Similarity Measures (Scores) to Quantify the Weight of Forensic 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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The Anatomy of Forensic Identification Decisions: Rethinking Current Reporting Practice in a Decision-Theoretic Perspective

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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Challenges Faced by Experts When Communicating Forensic Evidence to Triers of Fact - One Statistician's View

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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Opening Remarks at the 2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium, Gerald LaPorte

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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Opening Remarks at the 2018 Impression, Pattern, and Trace Evidence Symposium, Ted Hunt

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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Instrumental Validation of a Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy

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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Identification of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues by Electrochemical and Spectrochemical Methods

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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Forensic Sampling and Analysis from a Single Substrate: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Followed by Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry

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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Elemental Analysis of Adhesive Tapes as Forensic Evidence by LA-ICPMS and LIBS

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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Development of Infrared Library Search Prefilters for Automotive Clear Coats from Simulated ATR Spectra

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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Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Microscopy and Charpy Impact Tester for Analysis of Automotive Paint Smears

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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An Assessment of Head Hair Comparison via Protein Profiling

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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