Two SWGIT Documents for Review and Feedback Posted
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:13 am
SWGIT has released two new drafts for comments with due dates of May 29th. I recommend you take some time to review these drafts and comment on them if you see fit:
Section 16: Best Practices for Forensic Photographic Comparison
Section 17: Digital Imaging Technology Issues for the Courts
The documents can be found at:
http://www.theiai.org/guidelines/swgit/index.php
These aren't specific to latent prints, but there is overlapping that makes them relevant.
Section 16 contains reference to something similar to the "One Discrepancy Rule" with inclusion of the explainable/unexplainable clause. It also contains a description of ACE-V for those situations where it is applied to photographic comparisons. Verification is defined as follows:
I have not reviewed Section 17 yet.
Section 16: Best Practices for Forensic Photographic Comparison
Section 17: Digital Imaging Technology Issues for the Courts
The documents can be found at:
http://www.theiai.org/guidelines/swgit/index.php
These aren't specific to latent prints, but there is overlapping that makes them relevant.
Section 16 contains reference to something similar to the "One Discrepancy Rule" with inclusion of the explainable/unexplainable clause. It also contains a description of ACE-V for those situations where it is applied to photographic comparisons. Verification is defined as follows:
For those of us who see the Verification stage as peer review, where not only the results are looked at, but the processes to get to the results are reviewed (and not with a goal of confirmation), you may want to take this opportunity to comment on this document. I sent in my comments last week. You will also want to review the specific instructions for commenting that are also on the web page.In the Verification stage, the results of the examination are confirmed through independent review by a comparably trained individual.
I have not reviewed Section 17 yet.