Inconclusive decisions, deciding not to decide, are decisions. We present a cognitive model
which takes into account that decisions are an outcome of interactions and intersections …

Biometric recognition, or simply biometrics, refers to the use of distinctive anatomical and/or
behavioral characteristics or identifiers (eg, fingerprints, face, iris, voice, and hand geometry) …

Over the years, scientific and legal scholars have called for the implementation of algorithms
(eg, statistical methods) in forensic science to provide an empirical foundation to experts' …

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 …

Score-based approaches for computing forensic likelihood ratios are becoming more
prevalent in the forensic literature. When two items of evidential value are entangled via a …

Calculation of likelihood ratios (LR) in evidence evaluation still presents major challenges in
many forensic disciplines: for instance, an incorrect selection of databases, a bad choice of …

Building on the success of the first Edition—the first pure textbook designed specifically for
students on the subject—Fundamentals of Fingerprint Analysis, Second Edition provides an …

The forensic fingerprint community has faced increasing amounts of criticism by scientific
and legal commentators, challenging the validity and reliability of fingerprint evidence due to …

In this article, the performance of a score‐based likelihood ratio (LR) system for comparisons
of fingerprints with fingermarks is studied. The system is based on an automated fingerprint …