CSAFE @ ISU - REU 2017

Assignment: Week 6

James Kruse

Posted on July 17, 2017

Summary of Murdock et. al Introduction Due to the nature of the criminal justice system, or any system that pins individual’s against one another, there will always be questions raised in regards to the evidence. Critics of firearm and toolmark evidence examination say that there is little to... [Read More]

Discussion of Firearms & Toolmarks Analysis

Andrew Kimble, III

Posted on July 17, 2017

Summary of Murdock et. al Introduction There have been much criticism of how accurately evidence can be presented in the field of firearms and toolmark evidences. One main concern within this field is that the community has not yet succeeded in supplying the “known or potential error rate.... [Read More]

Discussion of Firearms & Toolmarks Analysis

Marion Gray-Lion

Posted on July 17, 2017

Summary of Murdock et. Al Introduction The writers keep reiterating in the introduction that the explanations to date in reference to a statistical model (being established) dealing with firearm and toolmark analysis are fallacies and lack scientific methodology / basis. However, it is stated in the reading that firearm and... [Read More]

Experimental Design for Forensic Methods

Anna Steffensmeier

Posted on July 5, 2017

Bitemark Analysis What kind of factors would you need to control for, and how would you accomplish that? The factors you could control are: how much time is in between the analysis of the bitemark and the initial bite, material bitten into, and how the bitemark is analyzed.... [Read More]

Experimental Design for Forensic Methods

Kahlil Sample

Posted on July 5, 2017

I would collect a designated amount of hair samples from subjects who wish to particpate in my hypothetical experiment. A total of 1000 hair samples would be compiled, 10 hair samples from 100 randomly selected subjects in the state of Georgia. A fixed number of examiners will be chosen to... [Read More]

CSAFE @ ISU REU

Summer 2017

195 Durham Center

Iowa State University

Leaders: Joe Papio, joepapio at iastate dot edu and Sam Tyner, sctyner at iastate dot edu

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Assignment: Week 6

James Kruse

Discussion of Firearms & Toolmarks Analysis

Andrew Kimble, III

Discussion of Firearms & Toolmarks Analysis

Marion Gray-Lion

Experimental Design for Forensic Methods

Anna Steffensmeier

Experimental Design for Forensic Methods

Kahlil Sample

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