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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 …

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

NIST Publishes Review of DNA Mixture Interpretation Methods

June 9, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a draft report, DNA Mixture Interpretation: A Scientific Foundation Review, which reviews the methods forensic laboratories use to interpret evidence containing a mixture of DNA from two or more people.

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

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.

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

NIST Study Will Help Labs Distinguish Between Hemp and Marijuana

January 14, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

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

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

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

Glass Analysis

October 7, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

The goal of this focus area is to improve the field of glass evidence analysis by developing new matrix-matched glass standards and by evaluating more objective approaches to evidence interpretation, such as the likelihood ratio. The latter will be accomplished through the development of glass databases that may be used to assign a significance to …

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Resource Category: WebsitesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Trace Evidence Data Workshop: Improving Technology and Measurement in Forensic Science

October 7, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

Offered By: The National Institute of Standards and Technology. Multiple Speakers. Achieved Videos Available.

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Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Forensic Database Trace Evidence Table

October 7, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

Databases which include reference collections of trace evidence for fibers, glass, automobile identification, paint, tape, plastic bags, powders and impressions.

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Resource Category: WebsitesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

The OSAC Materials (Trace) Subcommittee

September 4, 2020 //  by Jessica Phipps

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees Materials (Trace) Subcommittee for Forensic Science focuses standards and guidelines related to the examination and interpretation of physical evidence that may result from the transfer of small or minute quantities of materials (e.g., hairs, fibers, paint, tape, glass).

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Resource Category: WebsitesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

OSAC Registry Approved Standards

September 2, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Evidence (OSAC) is developing documentary standards for each forensic discipline. Standards under consideration as well as approved standards are available in the OSAC Registry.

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Resource Category: Reports and PublicationsResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Arson, Bite Mark, Blood and Bodily Fluids, Death Investigation, Detection Dogs, Digital Evidence, DNA, Drug Analysis, Fingerprints, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

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

April 22, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

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

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

April 22, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Discusses the paper below and shows black-light videos that help illustrate the risk of cross contamination in a forensic drug lab. E. Sisco, M.E. Staymates, A. Burns. An easy to implement approach for laboratories to visualize particle spread during the handling and analysis of drug evidence. Forensic Chemistry. Published online March 11, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.forc.2020.100232

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

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

NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

January 28, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

This study looks at two methods for accessing data on damaged mobile phones.

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

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