North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services

You are here: Home / Archives for NIST

NIST

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

//  by 

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

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

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

//  by 

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 …

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

OSAC’s Friction Ridge Subcommittee Develops Friction Ridge Process Map

//  by 

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