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An Introduction to the Forensic Handwriting Analysis Software handwriter

Type: Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Handwriting

Published: 2025 | By: Stephanie Reinders

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Forensic Footwear: A Retrospective of the Development of the MANTIS Shoe Scanning System

Type: Conference Proceeding, Publication Research Area(s): Footwear, Implementation and Practice

Published: 2024 | By: Richard Stone

There currently are no shoe-scanning devices developed in the United States that can operate in a real-world, variable-weather environment in …

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Examiner consistency in perceptions of fingerprint minutia rarity

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice, Latent Print

Published: 2024 | By: Adele Quigley-McBride

Friction ridge examiners (FREs) identify distinctive features (minutiae) in fingerprints and consider how rare these observed minutiae are in their …

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Significance of image brightness levels for PRNU camera identification

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Digital, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Abby Martin

A forensic investigator performing source identification on a questioned image from a crime aims to identify the unknown camera that …

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Methodological problems in every black-box study of forensic firearm comparisons

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Maria Cuellar

Reviews conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (2009) and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2016) …

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A Survey of Naming Conventions for Different Minutia Types in Friction Ridge Examination

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2024 | By: Heidi Eldridge

Latent print examiners (LPEs) consider the type and rarity of the features found within friction ridge impressions when determining the …

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First impressions matter: Mundane obstacles to a forensic device for probabilistic reporting in fingerprint analysis

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Latent Print

Published: 2025 | By: Simon Cole

This article investigates why statistical reasoning has had little impact on the practice of friction ridge (or ‘fingerprint’) examination, despite …

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How signature complexity affects expert and lay ability to distinguish genuine, disguised and simulated signatures

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Handwriting

Published: 2024 | By: Nicholas Scurich

This study examined how variations in signature complexity affected the ability of forensic document examiners (FDEs) and laypeople to determine …

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