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Essentials of Latent Print Examination: Establishing Admissibility

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Therearetwoprimarydomainsofknowledgethatsupportthevalidityoflatentprintdiscipline:1)sciencedemonstratingthediscriminatingpoweroffrictionridgeimpressionsand2)sciencedemonstratingtrainedanalystsarecapableofprovidingaccurateconclusions.Whilemanyanalystslearnthisinformationaspartoftraining,theyoftenstrugglearticulatingthesecomplexconceptstothetrieroffact.

Thisintensefive-daycoursewillreviewkeyconceptsandresearchunderlyingbothdomainsthatcanbeusedtosupportlatentprintadmissibility.Theinstructorwillfacilitatediscussionsandmentorattendees.Attendees will devise questions and answers covering the concepts and practice testimony. A fewcomparisonexercisesareprovidedtoreinforcetheacademics.Additionally,acourtcaseillustratingreal-worldapplicationofthesetestimonymethodsiswoventhroughouttheweek.Thecontentofthecourseisorganizedintofourblocksthatlogicallybuildononeanothertopromotelearning.Eachblockisreinforcedwithatestimonypractical.

Day10800–0930 CourseOverviewandIntroduction0930–1100 EmpiricalObservations–History,Biometrics,andProfessionalOrganizations1100–1200 Lunch1200–1300 TheoreticalKnowledge(Biology)-DevelopmentalNoise–Establishing

Uniqueness1300–1400 TheoreticalKnowledge(Biology)–Homeostasis–EstablishingPersistency1400–1500 BiologicalDistortionLecture:BreakdownofPersistency1500–1700 GroupWork#1–Scenario:Developalineofquestions&answerstolay

foundationforadmittingfingerprintevidenceusingempiricalknowledge(history,biometrics,andprofessionalorganizations)andtheoreticalknowledge(biologicalconcepts).

Day20800–0900 FeedbackSessionforGroupWork#10900–1000 TestimonyPractical#11000–1100 TwinStudies–embryologicaldevelopmentoftwinsandstudiesmeasuring

thesimilaritiesanddifferencesoftwinfingerprints1100–1200 ModelinginScienceandElementsofaRobustFingerprintModel1200–1300 Lunch1300–1400 HistoricalFingerprintModelsandPatternandMinutiaDistributionStudies1400–1500 ModernStatisticalModels–recentstatisticalmodelsmeasuringthe

discriminatingpoweroffingerprints1500–1700 GroupWork#2–Scenario:Ajudgedoesnotunderstandwhyfingerprint

analystsdonotreportstatisticslikeDNAandmayexcludethefingerprinttestimony.Developalineofquestions&answersregardingfingerprintstatisticalstudiestosupportadmittingfingerprintevidencewithoutaspecificfingerprintstatisticalmodel.

EvolveForensicswww.EvolveForensics.comAlice@EvolveForensics.comMobile702.769.9469

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Day30800–0900 FeedbackSessionforGroupWork#20900–1000 TestimonyPractical#21000–1100 TheoriesofExpertsandExpertPerformance1100–1200 Lunch1200–1300 BasicConceptsinVisionScience1300–1400 VisualExpertiseinFingerprints1400–1500 JourneyfromNovicetoExpert-theskillsanewanalystobtainsduringa

latentprint(ortenprint)trainingprogram.1500–1700 GroupWork#3–Scenario:Ajudgehasindicatedshemaylimitthe

expert’stestimonytosimplydemonstratingthedetailfoundinagreementandwillpermitthejurytodetermineifthedefendantisidentifiedtoalatentprint.Developalineofquestions&answerstoconvinceajudgenottolimittheexpert’stestimony.

Day40800–0900 FeedbackSessionforGroupWork#30900–1000 TestimonyPractical#31000–1100 IntroductiontoErrorRates1100–1200 PCASTandConfidenceIntervals1200–1300 Lunch1300–1400 IntroductiontoHumanFactors1400–1500 QualityManagementSystems1500–1700 GroupWork#4–Scenario:Duringopeningstatements,adefenseattorney

hastoldthejurythatstudieshaveshownthatLPEsmakefalseidentificationsinasmanyas1in306casesoreven1in18cases.Developalineofquestionsandanswerstohandlethesestatementsduringdirecttestimony.Includemethodstoreduceerrorsinanoperationalsetting.

Day50800–0900 FeedbackSessionforGroupWork#40900-1100 TestimonyPractical#41100–1200 Lunch1200–1300 ReviewofGlennLangenburg’sPhDthesis1300–1400 ReviewofAustinHicklin’sPhDthesis1400–1600 CourseReview1600–1700 Closingremarksandcertificates

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TheoreticalKnowledge-Biology

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• Stoney,David.MeasurementofFingerprintIndividuality.AdvancesinFingerprintTechnology,CRCPress,NY2001-Chapter9(inpdf)

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TwinStudies

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• Vanderkolk,John.ForensicComparativeScience.Elsevier,Boston2009.Chapter3PatternandMinutiaDistributionStudies

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ModernStatisticalStudies

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• Ramatowski,Roberted.AdvancesinFingerprintTechnology.CRCPress,NewYork2013–Chapter15StatisticsandProbabilitiesasaMeanstoSupportFingerprintExaminations

• Stoney,David.MeasurementofFingerprintIndividuality.AdvancesinFingerprintTechnology,CRCPress,NY2001-Chapter9(inpdf)

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HumanFactors

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AnalystPerformance

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• Hicklin,Austin.ImprovingtheRigoroftheLatentPrintExaminationProcess.UniversityofLausannePhDThesis,2017.

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