Fingerprint identification: advances since the 2009 National Research Council report

Commentary on:Alberink I, de Jongh A, Rodriguez C. Fingermark evidence evaluation based on automated fingerprint identification system matching scores: the effect of different types of conditioning on likelihood ratios. J Forensic Sci 2014; 59(1):70-81.

(2015) Cedric Neumann et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Authors’ Response

(2015) Ivo Alberink et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Faulty forensic science under fire

(2014) Sara Reardon   NATURE

Forensic Comparison and Matching of Fingerprints: Using Quantitative Image Measures for Estimating Error Rates through Understanding and Predicting Difficulty

(2014) Philip J. Kellman et al.   PLoS One

Measuring What Latent Fingerprint Examiners Consider Sufficient Information for Individualization Determinations

(2014) Bradford T. Ulery et al.   PLoS One

Research focused mainly on bias will paralyse forensic science

(2014) Christophe Champod   SCIENCE & JUSTICE

Liberties and constraints of the normative approach to evaluation and decision in forensic science: a discussion towards overcoming some common misconceptions

(2014) A. Biedermann et al.   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Individualization is dead, long live individualization! Reforms of reporting practices for fingerprint analysis in the United States

(2014) S. A. Cole   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Assessing the clarity of friction ridge impressions

(2013) R. Austin Hicklin et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Understanding the sufficiency of information for latent fingerprint value determinations

(2013) Bradford T. Ulery et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Modern statistical models for forensic fingerprint examinations: A critical review

(2013) Joshua Abraham et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Evidence evaluation in fingerprint comparison and automated fingerprint identification systems—Modeling between finger variability

(2013) N.M. Egli Anthonioz et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Fingermark Evidence Evaluation Based on Automated Fingerprint Identification System Matching Scores: The Effect of Different Types of Conditioning on Likelihood Ratios

(2013) Ivo Alberink et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Integration of Pore Features into the Evaluation of Fingerprint Evidence*

(2013) Alexandre Anthonioz et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

The subjectivist interpretation of probability and the problem of individualisation in forensic science

(2013) Alex Biedermann et al.   SCIENCE & JUSTICE

A guide to interpreting forensic testimony: scientific approaches to fingerprint evidence

(2013) G. Edmond et al.   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Reporting on the comparison and interpretation of pattern evidence: recommendations for forensic specialists

(2012) Bryan Found et al.   Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Informing the judgments of fingerprint analysts using quality metric and statistical assessment tools

(2012) Glenn Langenburg et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Are there population differences in minutiae frequencies? A comparative study of two Argentinian population samples and one Spanish sample

(2012) Esperanza Gutiérrez-Redomero et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Letter to the Editor-Combating Bias: The Next Step in Fighting Cognitive and Psychological Contamination

(2012) Itiel Dror   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Quantifying the weight of evidence from a forensic fingerprint comparison: a new paradigm

(2012) C. Neumann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY

Repeatability and Reproducibility of Decisions by Latent Fingerprint Examiners

(2012) Bradford T. Ulery et al.   PLoS One

Cognitive and contextual influences in determination of latent fingerprint suitability for identification judgments

(2012) Peter A.F. Fraser-Mackenzie et al.   SCIENCE & JUSTICE

Beyond uniqueness: the birthday paradox, source attribution and individualization in forensic science testimony

(2012) D. H. Kaye   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Operational benefits and challenges of the use of fingerprint statistical models: A field study

(2011) Cedric Neumann et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Accuracy and reliability of forensic latent fingerprint decisions

(2011) B. T. Ulery et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cognitive issues in fingerprint analysis: Inter- and intra-expert consistency and the effect of a ‘target’ comparison

(2010) Itiel E. Dror et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Distribution of the minutiae in the fingerprints of a sample of the Spanish population

(2010) Esperanza Gutiérrez-Redomero et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Uniqueness in the forensic identification sciences—Fact or fiction?

(2010) Mark Page et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Science in court: The fine print

(2010) Laura Spinney   NATURE

Testing for Potential Contextual Bias Effects During the Verification Stage of the ACE-V Methodology when Conducting Fingerprint Comparisons

(2009) Glenn Langenburg et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

SCIENCE AND THE LAW: Forensic Science Needs a Major Overhaul, Panel Says

(2009) C. Holden   SCIENCE

Who speaks for science? A response to the National Academy of Sciences Report on forensic science

(2009) S. A. Cole   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Identification, individualization and uniqueness: What's the difference?

(2009) D. H. Kaye   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Forensics without uniqueness, conclusions without individualization: the new epistemology of forensic identification

(2009) S. A. Cole   LAW PROBABILITY & RISK

Decision theoretic properties of forensic identification: Underlying logic and argumentative implications

(2008) A. Biedermann et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL