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Welcome to the Forensics Library. Browse the library by topic or search for documents by keyword. Some materials are viewable only by practicing criminal defense lawyers but most are open to the public.

We invite you to submit materials to the library. We welcome briefs, memoranda, transcripts, training materials, weblinks--anything that may help lawyers deal more effectively with forensic evidence. Click "submit a document" to upload materials directly from your computer. All submissions will be reviewed by the library steering committee before being posted for public view.

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  • Forensics Library
    • Fingerprints Fingerprints
      • Fingerprint Examiner Proficiency Tests Fingerprint Examiner Proficiency Tests
        Document *Boston Police Department Latent Print Unit Evaluation Report on evaluation of BPD latent print unit conducted by Ron Smith & Associates. Reports tests of examiners' knowledge about latent prints and proficiency tests at latent print analysis tasks.
        [ 09/05/04  |  Submitter: Simon Cole  |  more info ]
        Document New CTS Reports CTS Report from 2001 through the present are available on CTS's web site. CTS now conducts 3 latent print proficiency tests per year.
        [ 06/24/03  |  Submitter: Collaborative Testing Service  |  more info ]
        Document 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 ]
        Document 2000 CTS Proficiency Test The 2000 CTS latent prints proficiency test report.
        [ 01/01/00  |  Submitter: Simon Cole  |  more info ]
        Document *Review of CTS Latent Print Proficiency Tests Jonathan Koehler's review of fingerprint proficiency test results shows high rates of error, with both false matches and failure to detect matches. This is must reading for any lawyer handling a fingerprint case. If you thought fingerprinting was ...
        [ 04/26/99  |  Submitter: Jonathan Koehler  |  more info/full abstract ]
        Document *1999 CTS Report Report of the 1999 Collborative Testing Services Latent Print Examination proficiency test. 11 erroneous identifications were made by 9 participants.
        [ 01/01/99  |  more info ]
        Document *1998 CTS Report Report of the 1998 Collaborative Testing Services Latent Print Examination proficiency test. 21 erroneous identification were made by 14 participants.
        [ 01/01/98  |  more info ]
        Document *1997 CTS Report Report of the 1997 Collaborative Testing Services Latent Print Examination proficiency test. 16 erroneous identifications were made by 13 participants.
        [ 01/01/97  |  Submitter: Collaborative Testing Services  |  more info ]
        Document *Forensic Science on the Ropes Comments of Professor James Starrs on the 1995 CTS report.
        [ 01/01/96  |  Submitter: James Starrs  |  more info ]
        Document *Possession of Truth Comments of Latent Print Examiner and Editor of the Journal of Forensic Identification David Grieve on the 1995 CTS test.
        [ 01/01/96  |  Submitter: David Grieve  |  more info ]
        Document *1996 CTS Report Report of the 1996 Collborative Testing Services Latent Print Examination proficiency test. 6 laboratories made erroneous identifications.
        [ 01/01/96  |  Submitter: Collaborative Testing Services  |  more info ]
        Document *1995 CTS Report Report of the notorious 1995 Collaborative Testing Service Latent Print Examination proficiency test. 34 participants (22% of the total number of participants) made at least one erroneous identification.
        [ 01/01/95  |  more info ]
        Document *CJIS Fingerprint Training Manual 1993. Department of Justice manual with descriptions, pictures, and exercises about how fingerprint examiners should evaluate prints.
        [ Submitter: D.C. PDS  |  more info ]
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