Centre of Applied Research Technology
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Bloodstain pattern analysis & Bayes: A case report
1 July 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe findings from a bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) may assist in formulating or falsifying scenarios that are considered in the investigative stages of a criminal investigation. When a case proceeds to trial the ...
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Introducing a Rapid DNA Analysis Procedure for Crime Scene Samples Outside of the Laboratory—A Field Experiment
1 April 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyTechnological innovations enable rapid DNA analysis implementation possibilities. Concordantly, rapid DNA devices are being used in practice. However, the effects of implementing rapid DNA technologies in the crime ...
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Reporting on forensic biology findings given activity level issues in the Netherlands
1 February 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThere appears to be some hesitation within the forensic biology community to formally evaluate and report on findings given activity level propositions. This hesitance in part stems from concerns about the lack of ...
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Comparison of genotyping and weight of evidence results when applying different genotyping strategies on samples from a DNA transfer experiment
1 January 2023 | Faculty of TechnologyIn this study, we assessed to what extent data on the subject of TPPR (transfer, persistence, prevalence, recovery) that are obtained through an older STR typing kit can be used in an activity-level evaluation for a ...
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DNA Transfer in Forensic Science: Recent Progress towards Meeting Challenges
1 November 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyUnderstanding the factors that may impact the transfer, persistence, prevalence and recovery of DNA (DNA-TPPR), and the availability of data to assign probabilities to DNA quantities and profile types being obtained ...
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Using case specific experiments to evaluate fingermarks on knives given activity level propositions
1 March 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyBayesian networks have shown to be a useful tool for the evaluation of forensic findings given activity level propositions. In this paper, we demonstrate how case specific experiments can be used to assign ...
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The evaluation of fingermarks given activity level propositions
1 September 2019 | Faculty of TechnologyFingermarks are highly relevant in criminal investigations for individualization purposes. In some cases, the question in court changes from ‘Who is the source of the fingermarks?’ to ‘How did the ...