CSAFE’s Latest Resources

Change cannot happen without community. CSAFE is passionate about achieving its mission to apply a statistically sound and scientifically solid foundation to the interpretation of forensic evidence. To that end, we invite fellow scientists and researchers, along with those in the forensic and legal communities, to use and share these resources as we work together to elevate forensic science and technology.

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An Introduction to the Forensic Handwriting Analysis Software handwriter

Type: Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Handwriting

Published: 2025 | By: Stephanie Reinders

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Forensic Footwear: A Retrospective of the Development of the MANTIS Shoe Scanning System

Type: Conference Proceeding, Publication Research Area(s): Footwear, Implementation and Practice

Published: 2024 | By: Richard Stone

There currently are no shoe-scanning devices developed in the United States that can operate in a real-world, variable-weather environment in …

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Examiner consistency in perceptions of fingerprint minutia rarity

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Implementation and Practice, Latent Print

Published: 2024 | By: Adele Quigley-McBride

Friction ridge examiners (FREs) identify distinctive features (minutiae) in fingerprints and consider how rare these observed minutiae are in their …

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Significance of image brightness levels for PRNU camera identification

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Digital, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Abby Martin

A forensic investigator performing source identification on a questioned image from a crime aims to identify the unknown camera that …

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Methodological problems in every black-box study of forensic firearm comparisons

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Maria Cuellar

Reviews conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (2009) and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2016) …

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A Survey of Naming Conventions for Different Minutia Types in Friction Ridge Examination

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Latent Print

Published: 2024 | By: Heidi Eldridge

Latent print examiners (LPEs) consider the type and rarity of the features found within friction ridge impressions when determining the …

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First impressions matter: Mundane obstacles to a forensic device for probabilistic reporting in fingerprint analysis

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Forensic Statistics, Latent Print

Published: 2025 | By: Simon Cole

This article investigates why statistical reasoning has had little impact on the practice of friction ridge (or ‘fingerprint’) examination, despite …

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How signature complexity affects expert and lay ability to distinguish genuine, disguised and simulated signatures

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Handwriting

Published: 2024 | By: Nicholas Scurich

This study examined how variations in signature complexity affected the ability of forensic document examiners (FDEs) and laypeople to determine …

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