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Cognitive biases in the peer review of bullet and cartridge case comparison casework: A field study

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Research study on bullet and cartridge case comparison finding the odds of disagreement between examiners about the evidential strength of a comparison were approximately five times larger in the blind than in the non-blind procedure, with disagreement about 42.3% and 12.5% of the proposed conclusions, respectively. Also, the odds that their proposed conclusion was reported …

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Evaluating Animal Abuse Cases Using Veterinary Forensics

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Live webinar presented by Clarissa Noureddine DVM, MS (Veterinary Forensics), MS (Biology)November 4, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated Animal abuse cases can be charged with strong emotions and opinions from multiple entities (e.g., general public, media, and even legal and law enforcement entities). The purpose of this webinar is to step away …

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2021 IDS Forensic Science Education Series

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We have scheduled our final three webinars in the 2021 IDS Forensic Science Education Series. They include presentations on accident reconstruction, veterinary forensics, and forensic pathology. Check out the schedule below for more information! So far this year, IDS has provided over 1000 hours of continuing education to dozens of NC criminal defense and parent …

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New Online CLE based on Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws of Forensics

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This is a re-post from UNC School of Government North Carolina Criminal Law blog. The original post appears here. A new book by Brandon Garrett is a deep dive into the misuse of forensic evidence in criminal courtrooms. To borrow from its description, Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws of Forensics “is the first book …

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Course: Exploiting Forensic Evidence’s Tenuous Link to Science

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October 18 – December 17, 2021Price $275REGISTRATION DEADLINE – October 15 at NOON Apply for Scholarship Here – Deadline October 4th The Weekly 90 minute Small Group meeting will be onThursdays at 3 pm Eastern / Noon Pacific. No class meeting on 11/25/21. Time expectations for this course per week are    Watching course videos, doing readings and assignments …

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