The extent to which cognitive biases may influence decision-making in forensic science is
an important question with implications for training and practice. We conducted a systematic …

As illustrated by the mistaken, high-profile fingerprint identification of Brandon Mayfield in
the Madrid Bomber case, and consistent with a recent critique by the National Academy of …

In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated that forensic examiners can be
biased by task‐irrelevant contextual information. However, concerns relating to …

Forensic science evidence has long been accepted in court and is widely considered
infallible. However, the forensic sciences have recently come under intense scrutiny, as …

In a large body of research the influence of contextual information on decisions made in a
broad range of disciplines has been studied. To date, the influence of these expectancy …

There has been an increased engagement by researchers in understanding the decision-
making processes that occur within forensic science. There is a rapidly growing evidence …

Managing context information in forensic casework aims to minimize task-irrelevant
information while maximizing the task-relevant information that reaches the examiner. A …

Several researchers have argued that the confirmation bias, the tendency to selectively
gather and process information such that it fits existing beliefs, is a main threat to objective …

Legal disclosure issues have predominantly focused upon what evidence the prosecution
provided or withheld from the defence. In this paper we expand the concept of disclosure to …

A growing body of research suggests that the interpretation of fingerprint evidence is open to
contextual bias. While there has been suggestion in the literature that the same might apply …