Biometric recognition refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their
biological and behavioral characteristics such as fingerprint, face, iris, and voice. The first …

Although the use of statistics in legal proceedings has considerably grown in the last 40
years, primarily classical statistical methods rather than Bayesian methods have been used …

The interpretation of forensic fingerprint evidence relies on the expertise of latent print
examiners. The National Research Council of the National Academies and the legal and …

Long-used types of forensic science-fingerprint examination, handwriting analysis, firearms
and toolmark comparison, and other forms of pattern and impression evidence-are …

Forensic identification science involves two fundamental steps. The first step is to compare a
questioned item of evidence to an exemplar from a known source and judge whether they …

Human identification by fingerprints is based on the fundamental premise that ridge patterns
from distinct fingers are different (uniqueness) and a fingerprint pattern does not change …

The fingerprint has, with considerable justification, come to be regarded as the acme of
forensic identification. Over the last century, millions of cases have been resolved world …

Among the causes of the current sense that the forensic identification disciplines are 'under
siege'are conceptual difficulties in these disciplines. Forensic identification disciplines either …

The discussion of “error” has gained momentum in forensic science in the wake of the
Daubert guidelines and has intensified with the National Academy of Sciences' Report. Error …

Cognitive technologies have increased in sophistication and use, to the point of interactively
collaborating and distributing cognition between technology and humans. The use of …