NLADA: Defender Legal Services - Forensic Science Resources

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Forensics Library

Fingerprints

Fingerprint Webpages

	Fingerprints.Tk Dutch web site offers a good explanation of basic fingerprint concepts. New section offers valuable information on varying standards in different countries [ 12/01/05 \| Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	SWGFAST SWGFAST (Scientific Working Group on Friction ridge Analysis, Study and Technology) publishes voluntary guidelines for fingerprint practice. [ 05/18/03 \| Submitter: SWGFAST \| more info ]
	Onin's Fingerprint Forum A fingerprint examiner's site collecting information about, among other things, Daubert challenges. A good place to start research into legal challenges of fingerprints. [ Submitter: RS \| more info ]
	Complete Latent Print Examination (CPLEX) Research, links, consultants. A weekly newsletter by and for latent fingerprint examiners called DETAIL is also viewable. [ Submitter: DC PDS \| more info ]
	Forensic-Evidence.com Under the heading "Identification Evidence," Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City Prof. Emeritus of Law, Andre Moenssens's web site provides access to many of his unpublished article defending the validity and admissibility of latent print identification. ... [ Submitter: SC \| more info/full abstract ]
	Southern California Fingerprint Officers The SCAFO web site provides access to a great number of practitioner articles, including the full run of their newsletter The Print. [ Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	Latent Prints California latent print examiner Dusty Clark's web site, provides some interesting materials defending "point standards" and critiquing "ridegology." [ Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	Michele Triplett's Fingerprint Terms A collection of over 800 terms used in the Science of Fingerprint Identification. Includes approximately 17 cases of error (look under "e"). [ Submitter: DC PDS \| more info ]
	ShirleyMcKie.com Web page devoted to news about the notorious Shirley McKie misattribution case in Scotland. [ Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	NIST Fingerprint Section Studies of fingerprint image quality; reviews of database and collection software; promulgation of standards. [ Submitter: DC PDS \| more info ]
	Fingerprint, face, and other biometric identification Psychologist Itiel Dror's web page contains provocative article documenting the potential for context effects (bias) in latent print analysis [ Submitter: SC \| more info ]

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