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Featured Articles

Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions

February 20, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisionsRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: Journal of Forensic SciencesForensic Discipline: Child Abuse Allegations, Death Investigation

NIST Study Will Help Labs Distinguish Between Hemp and Marijuana

January 14, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

NIST Study Will Help Labs Distinguish Between Hemp and MarijuanaRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews

December 18, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Abstract:The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a scientific research agency that works to advance measurement science, standards, and technology and that has been working to strengthen forensic science methods for almost a century. In recent years, several scientific advisory bodies have expressed the need for scientific foundation reviews of forensic disciplines and …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Bite Mark, DNA, Firearms, Foundations of Forensics

Policy and procedure recommendations for the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence

October 25, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Wells, G. L., Kovera, M. B., Douglass, A. B., Brewer, N., Meissner, C. A., & Wixted, J. T. (2020). Policy and procedure recommendations for the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence. Law and Human Behavior, 44(1), 3–36. The Executive Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society appointed a subcommittee to update the influential 1998 scientific review …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Eyewitness ID

Forensic Footwear Reliability

October 19, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Three NIJ-funded research articles on the reliability of footwear comparisons were published in 2020. Part I—Participant Demographics and Examiner AgreementPart II—Range of Conclusions, Accuracy, and ConsensusPart III—Positive Predictive Value, Error Rates, and Inter-Rater Reliability

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Fingerprints

FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades

October 18, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered hair comparison evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000. Of 28 examiners with the FBI Laboratory’s microscopic hair comparison unit, 26 …

FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decadesRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Portable NIST Kit Can Recover Traces of Chemical Evidence

October 7, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

A chemist at NIST has developed a portable version of his method for recovering trace chemicals such as environmental pollutants and forensic evidence including secret graves and arson fire debris. The briefcase-sized kit could enable detectives, field inspectors and others to carry with them a convenient version of NIST’s “headspace analysis” technique, which identifies solid or …

Portable NIST Kit Can Recover Traces of Chemical EvidenceRead More

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

Improving a Database to Help Identify a Vehicle by Using Paint Fragments

October 6, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

For years, investigators have relied on the Paint Data Query database to identify the make of a vehicle by matching the physical attributes, chemical composition, and infrared spectrum of the paint, primers, and clear coating layers. However, there are concerns with the database, generic coding being one of them.

Improving a Database to Help Identify a Vehicle by Using Paint FragmentsRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Linking Suspects to Crime Scenes with Particle Populations

October 6, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

Two scientists with a long record of research into the forensic value of very small particle populations examined cell phones, handguns, drug packaging, and ski masks from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office examine whether such particles are valuable as physical evidence.

Linking Suspects to Crime Scenes with Particle PopulationsRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Microbial Communities on Skin Leave Unique Traces at Crime Scenes

October 3, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

Two related NIJ-supported studies evaluated the possibility of using an individual’s skin microbiome — a community of microorganisms that inhabit a specific environment — as a form of trace evidence from evidence found at a crime scene. The first study, led by Dr. Rob Knight of the University of California, San Diego, examined whether the …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Toner Particles as Forensic Evidence

October 3, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

The Journal of Forensic Sciences is now offering an early viewing of a new article by Microtrace scientists. This article is co-authored by Katie White and Christopher Palenik. This article explores the potential usefulness of subvisible toner cartridge particles as evidence in forensic investigations. Modern printing toners represent a prime example of subvisible particles that can be …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Fingerprint Error Rate on Close Non-Matches

October 3, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Sept. 2020 research by Jonathan J. Koehler and Siquan Liu on the accuracy of distinguishing between two close non-matches. False positive error rates were 15.9% and 28.1% on the two close non-matches on mandatory proficiency tests that were studied. As the size of fingerprint databases grow, the risk of a close non-match being present in …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Fingerprints

A Model for Confronting Fire Investigation Errors

September 26, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Fall 2020 law review article by John Lentini addressing how to defend someone accused of arson.

A Model for Confronting Fire Investigation ErrorsRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Arson

Trying Mitochondrial DNA Cases

September 25, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Prepared by the Wisconsin Public Defender’s Office

Trying Mitochondrial DNA CasesRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: DNA

Trying Y-STR DNA Cases

September 25, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Information prepared by the Wisconsin Public Defender’s Office

Trying Y-STR DNA CasesRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: DNA

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