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Shining a Light on Black Box Studies

The American criminal justice system heavily relies on conclusions reached by the forensic science community.

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Sampling for Forensic Practitioners Short Course

In this three-session short course, Dr. Alicia Carriquiry focuses on populations, sampling frames, sampling methods and geometric sampling. The emphasis will be on understanding how these methods are used to aid and enhance current forensic science practices. Content in the second and third sessions will build upon content provided in the previous session(s).

Enroll now to reserve your seat! The asynchronous course content will be available beginning April 1, 2024.

Modeling and Inventory of Tread Impression System (MANTIS): The development, depoyment and application of an active footwear data collection system

This webinar details the development, capabilities and successful deployment of the Modeling And iNventory of Tread Impression System (MANTIS).

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Improving Forensic Decision Making: a Human-Cognitive Perspective

Humans play a critical role in forensic decision making. Drawing upon classic cognitive and psychological research.

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Using Mixture Models to Examine Group Differences: An Illustration Involving the Perceived Strength of Forensic Science Evidence

Forensic examiners compare items to assess whether they originate from a common source.

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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Black Box Study

This study was conducted to assess the accuracy and reproducibility of BPA conclusions.

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A Survey of Fingerprint Examiners’ Attitudes towards Probabilistic Reporting

Over the past decade, with increasing scientific scrutiny on forensic reporting practices, there have been several efforts to introduce statistical thinking and probabilistic reasoning into forensic practice.

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Algorithms in Forensic Science: Challenges, Considerations, and a Path Forward

Over the years, scientific and legal scholars have called for the implementation of algorithms (e.g., statistical methods) in forensic science to provide an empirical foundation to experts’ subjective conclusions.

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Assessing Footwear Examiner Performance

There has recently been increased attention on the reliability and validity of methods used in the analysis of forensic evidence.

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IRT for Forensics

In this webinar, Amanda Luby explored how Item Response Theory (IRT), a class of statistical methods used prominently in educational testing, can be used to measure participant proficiency in error rate studies.

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