Double Loop Podcast - DNA and Human Factors Expert Working Group Report – Episode 272

In May 2024, the NIJ/NIST released a report on Human Factors and Forensic DNA Interpretation. Dr. Niki Osborne, the project lead and contractor for NIST, describes the origins of the project and the selection process for the Expert Working Group (EWG). Two EWG members, Jarrah Kennedy, Assistant DNA Supervisor at the Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory, and Michelle Madrid, DNA Technical Leader at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, discuss the report’s various recommendations. The conversation delves into topics such as bias, new software and computational approaches, activity level assessments, implementation, and enforcement within the DNA discipline. The episode concludes with Niki and Glenn discussing other forensic disciplines and future reports.

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