Category: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

A Way of Estimating the Standard Errors of Bayes Factor and Weight of Evidence – A Case Study (Theoretical Framework)

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Jin Chu Wu, John M. Libert

NIST; 18pp; 2023

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Forensic Testimony Archaeology: Analysis of Exoneration Cases and its Implications for Forensic Science Testimony and Communications

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John Morgan

NIJ; 163pp; 2023

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The Scientific Detective – Methods of Homicide Investigation at the French Surete (1931)

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Alfred Morain and Edmond Bayle

Police “13-13”; June 1931

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National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Working Group

USDOJ; OJP; 2017

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Scientific Crime Detection (1934)

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Wilmer Souder; Chief, Identification Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards

Proceedings of the Attorney General’s Conference on Crime

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Scientific Crime Detection

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The Blast Effect – This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

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N. Kirkpatrick, Atthar Mirza and Manuel Canales

Wash Post; March 27, 2023

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Source determination of human and animal oral fluid stains on porous substrates by chemometrics-assisted ATR FTIR spectroscopy: A preliminary study

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Cristina Cano-Trujillo, Anna Barbaro, Fernando E. Ortega-Ojeda, Carmen García-Ruiz, Gemma Montalvo

Microchem J; 190; 2023

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ChatGPT – The impact of Large Language Models on Law Enforcement

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Europol Innovation Lab; March 2023

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Ethical data sharing in forensic research

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Carolyn I. Allen, Samuel H. Payne, Julie L. Valentine

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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Hierarchical Bayesian non-response models for error rates in forensic black-box studies

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Kori Khan and Alicia Carriquiry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A

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Proactive crime scene response optimizes crime investigation

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Ray A. Wickenheiser

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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Wrongful convictions and claims of false or misleading forensic evidence

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John Morgan PhD

J Forensic Sci; 2023

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Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice

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Gov.UK; 362pp; March, 2023

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The Chain of Custody in the Era of Modern Forensics: From the Classic Procedures for Gathering Evidence to the New Challenges Related to Digital Data

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Tommaso D’Anna, Maria Puntarello, Giovanni Cannella, Giovanni Scalzo, Roberto Buscemi, Stefania Zerbo, Antonina Argo

Healthcare; 11(5); 2023

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Developing a virtual laboratory module for forensic science degree programmes

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Aaron Opoku Amankwaa, Viktoria Gjergo, Sonya Hamagareb

Sci Just; 63; 2023

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Enhancing research and collaboration in forensic science: A primer on data sharing

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Michael A. Marciano, Henry P. Maynard

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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The scientific detective comes into his own (1934)

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Katharine A. Kellock

The Sunday Star; November 25, 1934

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The scientific detective comes into his own

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Forensic intelligence teaching and learning in higher education: An international approach

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Marie Morelato, Liv Cadola, Maxime Bérubé, Olivier Ribaux, Simon Baechler

Forensic Sci Int; 344; 2023

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Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

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Sophia Kovatch, Pamela Colloff and Brett Murphy

ProPublica; January 31, 2023

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We Need To Get Junk Science Out of Courtrooms – interview with Chris Fabricant

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Nathan J. Robinson

CurrentAffairs.org; January 21, 2023

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Interpol review of forensic management, 2019–2022

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William P. McAndrew, Paul J. Speaker, Max M. Houck

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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A systematic review on materials, design, and manufacturing of swabs

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Vedant Vashist, Neil Banthia, Swapnil Kumar, Prajwal Agrawal

Annals 3D Printed Med; 9; 2023

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Adventure Legal Medicine: a free online serious game for supplementary use in undergraduate medical education

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Sven Anders, Antonia Steen, Tjark Müller, Waldemar Krause, Annika Sanwald, Tobias Raupach, Benjamin Ondruschka & Oliver Krebs

Int J Legal Med; 2023

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Likelihood Ratio as Weight of Forensic Evidence: A Closer Look

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Steven P. Lund and HariIyer

J Res Natl Inst Stan; 122; 2017

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Is Forensic Science Scientific? Crime lab errors and privacy issues raise concerns

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John H Tibbetts

BioScience; 70(5); 2020

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Federal Justice Statistics, 2021

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Mark Motivans, PhD, BJS Statistician

Bureau Justice Stat; , US DOJ; 30pp; December 2022

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On the Commonly-Used Incorrect Visual Representation of Accuracy and Precision

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Shervin Shirmohammadi, Luca Mari, and Dario Petri

IEEE; 24(1); 2021

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A call for more science in forensic science

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Suzanne Bell, Sunita Sah, Thomas D. Albright, S. James Gates Jr., M. Bonner Dentone, Arturo Casadevall

PNAS; 115(18); 2018

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Inconclusives and error rates in forensic science: a signal detection theory approach

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Hal R Arkes, Jonathan J Koehler

Law Prob Risk; 20(3); 2021

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