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NIBIN Toolkit for Prosecutors

June 1, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Explains how the NIBIN database works to search for possible connections between bullets or casings fired a separate crime scenes. Explains that every NIBIN lead must be verified by a firearms examiner. The NIBIN technician report of a lead is not sufficient reliable and should not be the basis of testimony. Advises prosecutors not to …

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: Ultra Electronics Forensic TechnologyForensic Discipline: Firearms

Field Sobriety Tests and THC Levels Unreliable Indicators of Marijuana Intoxication

April 5, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Researchers investigated how marijuana affects skills required for safe driving and found that biofluid levels of THC did not correlate with field sobriety test performance or marijuana intoxication, regardless of how the cannabis was ingested.

Field Sobriety Tests and THC Levels Unreliable Indicators of Marijuana IntoxicationRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NIJForensic Discipline: Toxicology

Safe, Efficient, Reliable: New Science in the Fight Against Killer Drugs

March 24, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

NIST article about testing of drugs that may contain fentanyl or other dangerous synthetic opioids. The article contains video clips showing how powder substances can contaminate various surfaces in laboratories and addresses ways that labs work to eliminate contamination.

Safe, Efficient, Reliable: New Science in the Fight Against Killer DrugsRead More

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

Biological Evidence in the Courtroom: Mandatory Judicial Inquiry

March 23, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Mar. 23, 2021 SOG blog post by Jacquelyn Greene about requirements for preservation and disposal of biological evidence

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics

Guidelines for Digital Forensics First Responders

March 5, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Interpol guidelines for best practices for search and seizure of electronic and digital evidence

Guidelines for Digital Forensics First RespondersRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

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

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus:
The Science and The Law

February 10, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

National District Attorneys Association resource guide

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus:<br>The Science and The LawRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NDAAForensic Discipline: Toxicology

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

PG Software and the Courts: The Verdict So Far

January 5, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Bruce Budowle provides an overview of challenges to STRMix and other PG software for The Prosecutor magazine.

PG Software and the Courts: The Verdict So FarRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: The ProsecutorForensic Discipline: DNA

NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews

December 18, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Document outlining NIST’s approach to conducted scientific foundation reviews (including data sources used, evaluation criteria, and expected outputs) of DNA mixture interpretation, bitemark analysis, digital evidence, and firearms examination.

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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 …

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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

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