SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY:

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SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY:

FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION UNDER THE MICROSCOPE


THE DEPAUL UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR LAW AND SCIENCE
OFFICE OF THE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER

Friday 8th December:

DePaul University Conference Center, 1 East Jackson, 8th Floor. Chicago.

What is the actual process used in fingerprint examinations, and, can
it sometimes lead to error?

8:35 – 9:00 Continental breakfast and registration.

9:00 - 9:05 Welcoming remarks, Song Richardson and Terry
Kiely, DePaul College
of Law.

9:05 - 9:35 Introduction to fingerprint issues. Mike
Grossman.

9:35 – 10:30 The process of identifying fingerprints.
Max Jarrell, retired Supervisory
Fingerprint Specialist from FBI.

10:30 Break

10:45 – 11:15 The process of identifying fingerprints at
the Illinois State Police. Frank
Sinise.

11:15 - 12:15 Fingerprint Individualization, Methodology
in Practice: Science,
Standards and Sufficiency. Dusty Clark.

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch.

1:15 - 1:45 The Automated Fingerprint Identification
System – AFIS. Ken Moses
1:15 - 2:15 Science and Subjectivity: The Anatomy of
Fingerprint Error.
Mayfield, Cowans, and
Patterson. Kenneth Moses
2:15-2:30 Break

2:30 - 3:30 The Cognitive Process of Fingerprint
Examination. David Charlton

3:30 – 4:30 Fingerprints - The Current State of Affairs,
the Future. Speakers panel
and moderator. Song Richardson and Terry
Kiely, Moderators.

Panelists



David Charlton is an internationally renown fingerprint expert from
the United Kingdom and a senior latent print examiner with the Sussex
police department. He is Editor of The Fingerprint Society Journal,
on the editorial board of the Journal of Forensic Identification and
on the fingerprint identification sub-committee of the International
Association of Identification. His recent studies have focused upon
knowledge acquisition and the decision process by fingerprint examiners.


Dusty Clark is a Fingerprint Training Specialist with the Western
Identification Network – an organization that oversees AFIS for 8
western states. He also oversees http://www.latent-prints.com/, a
forensic latent print impression evidence discussion site focusing
primarily on latent fingerprints.

Michael Grossman is an attorney with the Cook County Public
Defender’s Office, where he has worked since 1998. He currently
works in the Forensic Science Division of the Office.

Max Jarrell is a retired Supervisory Fingerprint Specialist from FBI,
Latent Fingerprint Section. He is a certified latent print examiner
and currently consults on fingerprint analyses.

Kenneth R. Moses has over thirty years of experience in forensic
evidence. He established the Crime Scene Investigations Unit of the
San Francisco Crime Laboratory in 1983 and was instrumental in the
installation of automated fingerprint systems in San Francisco and at
the California Department of Justice. His experience includes
examination of a wide variety of physical evidence and expert
testimony. Over the years, he was worked with attorneys, with local,
state and federal agencies, and with private companies in a number of
complex investigations. He has been active in national efforts to
establish professional standards in friction ridge analysis. Mr.
Moses currently serves in private practice as Director of Forensic
Identification Services in San Francisco.