Courtroom Testimony for Fingerprint Examiners

Presents a history of fingerprint evidence and current best practices and limits on characterizing fingerprint evidence in court



The first book to focus solely on testifying on fingerprint evidence as a comparative science



Provides current guidelines and recommendations for standards and appropriate nomenclature in the courtroom



Illustrates how experts can work with attorneys so that the testimony process educates and informs jurors and judges, rather than perpetuating an adversarial dynamic



Addresses important issues such as cognitive bias, subjectivity, error rates, probability models, and ethics