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These examinations consist of comparing a known exemplar with evidence collected at a crime scene or from a suspect.

Shoe and tire prints also fall within this large pattern evidence domain. Proficiency studies comparing experts’ performance to chanceįorensic identification expertise encompasses fingerprint, handwriting, and firearms (“ballistics”), and toolmark comparisons, all of which are used by crime laboratories to associate or dissociate a suspect with a crime. National Research Council Report on Forensic ScienceĢ. Reappraisal of Forensic Identification Expertise

Development of Forensic Identification Techniques Peterson, D.Crim., is Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics, California State University, Los Angeles.

Professor of Law and Director of Trial Advocacy, University of California, Davis. Weatherhead Professor of Law, and Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University.Įdward J. Reference Guide on Forensic Identification Expertise