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Suggestibility of the Child Witness: A Historical Review and Synthesis

July 1, 2020 //  by Alec Rees

Ceci , S., Bruck, M. (1993). The suggestibility of the child witness: a historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin. 113, 403 439.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Child Abuse Allegations

Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned

July 1, 2020 //  by Alec Rees

Brown, D., Lamb, M. (2015 ). Can children be useful witnesses? It depends how they are questioned. Child Development Perspectives.

Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are QuestionedRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Child Abuse Allegations

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Practice Guidelines: Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse

July 1, 2020 //  by Alec Rees

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. (2012). Practice guidelines: Forensic interviewing in cases of suspected child abuse. APSAC.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Child Abuse Allegations

Approved ULTR for the Forensic Firearms/Toolmarks Discipline – Pattern Match​

June 20, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Effective Aug. 15, 2020 In the firearm/toolmark pattern match Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports (ULTR), the new guidance for Department of Justice firearm examiners includes: [A]n examiner shall not: assert that a ‘source identification’ or a ‘source exclusion’ conclusion is based on the ‘uniqueness’ of an item of evidence. use the terms ‘individualize’ or …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: USDOJForensic Discipline: Firearms

Approved ULTR for the Forensic Latent Print Discipline

June 19, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Effective Aug. 15, 2020 In the fingerprint Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports (ULTR), the new guidance for Department of Justice fingerprint examiners includes: [A]n examiner shall not: assert that a ‘source identification’ or a ‘source exclusion’ conclusion is based on the ‘uniqueness’ of an item of evidence. use the terms ‘individualize’ or ‘individualization’ when …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: USDOJForensic Discipline: Fingerprints

Childrens Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution Methods

June 15, 2020 //  by Alec Rees

Date: February 2020 Author: Stacia N. Stolzenberg Annotation: This study examined how attorneys establish and attack children’s credibility in cases that involve alleged child sexual abuse (CSA), and assessed how attorneys phrased questions for such children, how children responded, and whether questioning practices were sensitive to the developmental level of the child.

Childrens Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution MethodsRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Child Abuse Allegations

North Carolina IDS Policy on Effective Use of Mental Health Experts in Potentially Capital Cases

June 4, 2020 //  by Alec Rees

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Mental Health

NIJ Digital Evidence Policies and Procedures Manual

May 27, 2020 //  by Alec Rees

The National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) Forensic Technology Center of Excellence published a Digital Evidence Policies and Procedures Manual to be used as a guide for law enforcement agencies in developing manuals of their own. The manual contains procedures for handling and retaining digital evidence, information about what should be documented in lab reports, and …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: FTCOEForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

In Glowing Colors: Seeing the Spread of Drug Particles in a Forensic Lab

April 22, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

In Glowing Colors: Seeing the Spread of Drug Particles in a Forensic LabRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

Preparing Testimony about Cellebrite UFED in a Daubert or Frye Hearing

April 22, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

This manual is designed to help attorneys prepare themselves and their witnesses for Daubert or related challenges to the admissibility of Cellebrite UFED-extracted mobile device evidence. It contains sample voir dire questions.

Preparing Testimony about Cellebrite UFED in a Daubert or Frye HearingRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: CellebriteForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

General Guidelines for Training, Certification, and Documentation of Canine Detection Disciplines

February 28, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

ANSI/ASB Standard 088, First Edition 2020

General Guidelines for Training, Certification, and Documentation of Canine Detection DisciplinesRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Detection Dogs

Forensic Handwriting Examination and Human Factors: Improving the Practice Through a Systems Approach

February 19, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

NIST convened the Expert Working Group for Human Factors in Handwriting Examination to recommend ways to improve the practice and reduce the likelihood of errors. The Group’s report discusses human factors as they relate to all aspects of handwriting examination, including communicating conclusions through reports and testimony. The report also discusses education, training, certification, and …

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics

Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit

December 18, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

The Health In Justice Action Lab of the Northeastern University School of Law has created a toolkit for attorneys defending death by distribution of drugs. This toolkit will be useful to defenders in handling charges of this sort in NC, both for the old murder by distribution and the new death by distribution.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Death Investigation, Drug Analysis, Toxicology

OSAC’s Friction Ridge Subcommittee Develops Friction Ridge Process Map

December 12, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Friction Ridge Subcommittee has developed a friction ridge examination process map that describes the conventional process for latent print examination. The process map identifies key decision points in the fingerprint examination process, enables laboratory managers to better understand how their protocols compare with those of other laboratories, …

OSAC’s Friction Ridge Subcommittee Develops Friction Ridge Process MapRead More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Fingerprints

Are There Really Flaws in Cell Phone Location Evidence?

October 23, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

Blog post by Larry Daniel, Spencer McInvaille, and Eric Grabski addressing the potential for flaws in cell phone location evidence when mapping software is used and other issues with cell tower evidence.

Are There Really Flaws in Cell Phone Location Evidence?Read More

Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

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