7 research outputs found

    Discriminating Power of FISWG Characteristic Descriptors Under Different Forensic Use Cases

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    FISWG characteristic descriptors are facial features that can be used for evidence evaluation during forensic case work. In this paper we investigate the discriminating power of a biometric system that uses these characteristic descriptors as features under different forensic use cases. We show that in every forensic use case we can find characteristic descriptors that exhibit moderate to low discriminating power. In all but one use cases, a commercial face recognition system outperforms the characteristic descriptors. However, in low resolution surveillance camera images, some (combination of) characteristic descriptors yield better results than commercial systems

    Mind the Gap:A practical framework for classifiers in a forensic context

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    In this paper, we present a practical framework that addresses six, mostly forensic, aspects that can be considered during the design and evaluation of biometric classifiers for the purpose of forensic evidence evaluation. Forensic evidence evaluation is a central activity in forensic case work, it includes the assessment of strength of evidence of trace and reference specimens and its outcome may be used in a court of law. The addressed aspects consider the modality and features, the biometric score and its forensic use, and choice and evaluation of several performance characteristics and metrics. The aim of the framework is to make the design and evaluation choices more transparent. We also present two applications of the framework pertaining to forensic face recognition. Using the framework, we can demonstrate large and explainable variations in discriminating power between subjects

    Manually annotated characteristic descriptors:Measurability and variability

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    In this paper we study the measurability and variability of manually annotated characteristic descriptors on a forensic relevant face dataset. Characteristic descriptors are facial features (landmarks, shapes, etc.) that can be used during forensic case work. With respect to measurability, we observe that a significant proportion cannot be determined in images representative of forensic case work. Landmarks, closed and open shapes, and other forensic facial features show mostly that the variability depends on the image quality. Up to 50% of all considered evidential values are either positively or negatively influenced by annotator variability. However, when considering images with the lowest quality, we found that more than 70% of the evidential value intervals in principle could yield the wrong conclusion

    Recent Advances in Forensic Anthropological Methods and Research

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    Forensic anthropology, while still relatively in its infancy compared to other forensic science disciplines, adopts a wide array of methods from many disciplines for human skeletal identification in medico-legal and humanitarian contexts. The human skeleton is a dynamic tissue that can withstand the ravages of time given the right environment and may be the only remaining evidence left in a forensic case whether a week or decades old. Improved understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that modulate skeletal tissues allows researchers and practitioners to improve the accuracy and precision of identification methods ranging from establishing a biological profile such as estimating age-at-death, and population affinity, estimating time-since-death, using isotopes for geolocation of unidentified decedents, radiology for personal identification, histology to assess a live birth, to assessing traumatic injuries and so much more

    The emergence of expertise with novel objects

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