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The “Magnificent Seven Errors” in Forensic Autopsy Practice: The Italian Context

January 20, 2023 //  by Sarah Olson

This article provides a framework for identifying potential errors in death investigations. Attorneys should consider whether any of these are potential issues in their homicide cases. The types of errors identified are: oversights in autopsy technique, incorrect collection of photographic and video material, unauthorized attendance at the autopsy, missing/mistaken reporting at any stage of the …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Death Investigation

A Re-Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility in the Ames-USDOE-FBI Study

October 27, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

A Re-Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility in the Ames-USDOE-FBI StudyRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Firearms

New Directions in Eyewitness Evidence Research and Practice: After the 2014 National Academy of Sciences Report

June 6, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

This report reviews advances in research and in our criminal legal system since the release of the 2014 NAS report. We base our findings on a systematic scoping review of empirical research in eyewitness identification, a workshop with researchers and legal professionals (November 2020), and surveys of leading respondents, as described below. This report also offers promising …

New Directions in Eyewitness Evidence Research and Practice: After the 2014 National Academy of Sciences ReportRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: Wilson Center for Science and JusticeForensic Discipline: Eyewitness ID

Results from a Black-Box Study for Digital Forensic Examiners

February 1, 2022 //  by Sarah Olson

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the outcomes of mobile and hard-drive forensic results achieved on mock examinations based on the demographic characteristics of the participants. The demographic data related to an individual’s workplace environment, education, and work experience. This study was open to anyone in the public or private sectors who work …

Results from a Black-Box Study for Digital Forensic ExaminersRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

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

October 18, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

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 …

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

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Firearms, Foundations of Forensics

A Model for Confronting Fire Investigation Errors

October 5, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

John Lentini article containing important principles for investigating arson evidence.

A Model for Confronting Fire Investigation ErrorsRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Arson

Evidence Collection and Analysis for Touch DNA in Groping and Sexual Assault Cases

September 21, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Julie Valentine et al. in Journal of Forensic Nursing (2021)

Evidence Collection and Analysis for Touch DNA in Groping and Sexual Assault CasesRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: DNA, Forensic/Sexual Assault Exams

Medical Cannabis and Driving

September 20, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Thomas R Arkell, Danielle McCartney, and Iain S McGregor article

Medical Cannabis and DrivingRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: Royal Australian College of General PractitionersForensic Discipline: Toxicology

A hierarchy of expert performance (HEP) applied to digital forensics: Reliability and biasability in digital forensics decision making

September 8, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Sunde and Dror 2021 article

A hierarchy of expert performance (HEP) applied to digital forensics: Reliability and biasability in digital forensics decision makingRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: Forensic Science InternationalForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

Defending IEEE Software Standards in Federal Criminal Court

August 29, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

June 2021 article by Marc Canellas. IEEE’s 1012 Standard for independent software and hardware verification and validation (IV&V) is under attack in U.S. federal criminal court. As software spreads through the criminal legal system, scientists, engineers, and IEEE have an essential role in ensuring courts understand and respect IEEE 1012 and IV&V. If not, courts …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: DNA

A preparatory guide for court prepared for DNA examiners by STRmix

August 24, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

This document responds to the DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review (draft) document from June 2021. STRmix prepared this document as guidance for STRmix users who may encounter the NIST review in the court setting.

A preparatory guide for court prepared for DNA examiners by STRmixRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: DNA

The Probabilistic Genotyping Software STRmix: Utility and Evidence for its Validity

August 5, 2021 //  by Kate Shurtleff

By: John S. Buckleton, D.Sc.; Jo-Anne Bright, Ph.D.; Simone Gittelson, Ph.D.; Tamyra R. Moretti, Ph.D.; Anthony J. Onorato, M.C.I.M., M.S.F.S.; Frederick R. Bieber, Ph.D.; Bruce Budowle, Ph.D.; and Duncan A. Taylor, Ph.D.

The Probabilistic Genotyping Software STRmix: Utility and Evidence for its ValidityRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: DNA

The effect of contextual information on decision-making in forensic toxicology

July 22, 2021 //  by Kate Shurtleff

This study investigates the effects of contextual information on forensic toxicology testing and analysis. By Hilary J. Hamlett & Itiel E. Dror

The effect of contextual information on decision-making in forensic toxicologyRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Death Investigation, Toxicology

The US Department of Justice stumbles on visual perception

June 15, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

2021 PNAS article by Thomas D. Albright

The US Department of Justice stumbles on visual perceptionRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics

The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave Behind

June 7, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

The Forensic Microbiome: The Invisible Traces We Leave BehindRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Blood and Bodily Fluids, DNA, Foundations of Forensics

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