Blind verification
The procedure in which a second fingerprint examiner independently performs the Analysis and Comparison stages without knowledge of the first examiner's conclusion. Required by the Forensic Science Regulator (UK), FBI quality standards (US), and AFP guidelines (Australia) to reduce confirmation bias.
Explained in these topics
- Expert Witness Testimony and Cognitive Bias Mitigation
- Dror 2006 Cognitive Bias and the Bias-Mitigation Toolkit
- Major Fingerprint Error Cases: Mayfield, McKie and Indian Precedents
- Emerging Fingerprint Methods: 3D Capture, Age Estimation, ML
- Tool-Mark Comparison Microscopy and 3D Imaging
- Minutiae and Level 1-2-3 Detail: Galton Features, Pores, Edges
- ACE-V Methodology and the Brandon Mayfield Madrid Bombing Error
- Cognitive Bias, Expert Testimony and the 2009 NAS Critique