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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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Independent component analysis of hyperspectral data measured from overlapping latent fingermarks: Forensic potential of independent component images

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Atsushi Nakamura, Norimitsu Akiba, Kazuhito Hibino, Hidetoshi Kakuda, Karen Kawada, Masashi Karasawa, Mari Sakai, Takayuki Sota

Forensic Sci Int; 343; 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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Registered reports in forensic science

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M. M. Houck, J. Chin, H. Swofford,and C. Gibb

R Soc Open Sci; 9; 2022

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Development of an instrument for assessing the quality of forensic evidence and expert testimony from three feature-comparison methods: DNA, voice, and fingerprint analysis

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Alexa Villavicencio-Queijeiro PhD, Chantal Loyzance MS, Zoraida García-Castillo PhD, Jiro Suzuri-Hernández PhD, Alejandra Castillo-Alanís MS, Patricia López-Olvera PhD, Fernanda López-Escobedo PhD

J Forensic Sci; 67(1); 2022

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Testing for calibration discrepancy of reported likelihood ratios in forensic science

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Jan Hannig, Hari Iyer

J Royal Stat Soc Series A; 185(1); 2022

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Digital Transformation of Cold Case Reviews: The Application of Text Analytics (Part 3 of 3)

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Shute, Rebecca, Brailey Faris, Matthew Mecray, Mikalaa Martin, Ashley Rodriguez, Shannon Krauss, and Patricia Melton

FTCoE; USDOJ; NIJ; Office Invest Forensic Sci; November 2022

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Digital Transformation of Cold Case Reviews: Digitizing Case Files (Part 2 of 3)

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Shute, Rebecca, Brailey Faris, Matthew Mecray, Mikalaa Martin, Ashley Rodriguez, Shannon Krauss, and Patricia Melton

FTCoE; USDOJ; NIJ; Office Invest Forensic Sci; November 2022

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Digital Transformation of Cold Case Reviews: Prevalence, Challenges, and Benefits of Just Resolutions (Part 1 of 3)

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Rodriguez, Ashley, Mikalaa Martin, Rebecca Shute, Brailey Faris, Shannon Krauss, Matthew Mecray, and Patricia Melton

FTCoE; USDOJ; NIJ; Office Invest Forensic Sci; November 2022

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Educating the Jury on Metrology

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Ted Vosk; Gil Sapir

IEEE Instrument Measurement Mag; 24(1); 2021

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Bayes Factors for Forensic Decision Analyses with R

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Silvia Bozza, Franco Taroni, Alex Biedermann

Springer; 196pp; 2022

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Modern Methods of Scientific Criminology in the Detection of Crime

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Edward L. Miloslavich

Marq L Rev; 14(2); 1930

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Designing Visualisations for Bayesian Problems According to Multimedia Principles

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Theresa Büchter, Nicole Steib, Katharina Böcherer-Linder, Andreas Eichler, Stefan Krauss, Karin Binder, Markus Vogel

Educ Sci; 12(11); 2022

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Ten simple rules for writing a Registered Report

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Emma L. Henderson, Christopher D. Chambers

PLoS Comput Biol; 18(10); 2022

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Swapping Carrots for Sticks: Forensic science provider views of the Forensic Regulator Act 2021

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Emmanuel Nsiah Amoako, Carole McCartney

Sci Just; 62(5); 2022

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