Search Results - "HOUCK, MAX M."

Rethinking scientific communication in courts: A question of credibility by Heavey, Anna L., Houck, Max M.

“…The high value placed on forensic information in the criminal justice process is demonstrated by the fallout resulting when questions are raised as to the…”
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How forensic science works: an architecture for the forensic enterprise by Houck, Max M.

“…Forensic science serves a critical public need. How it does this, however, has not been comprehensively explored, leading some to consider forensic science a…”
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Strategic leadership through performance management: FORESIGHT as PerformanceStat by Houck, Max M.

“…Unlike the private sector, no single overarching metric exists to evaluate public sector performance. Without concepts such as profit, it can be difficult for…”
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A person with a new idea is a crank until that idea succeeds. --Mark Twain by Houck, Max M

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Tigers, black swans, and unicorns: The need for feedback and oversight by Houck, Max M

“…Humans have a decision-making system which is biased to avoid costly false negatives while the criminal justice system is designed to be biased in the opposite…”
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Project FORESIGHT: A ten-year retrospective by Houck, Max M., Speaker, Paul

“…Forensic service providers fulfill a fundamental role in a criminal justice system by providing scientific information that aids investigations and court…”
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Backlogs are a dynamic system, not a warehousing problem by Houck, Max M.

“…Addressing casework backlogs would seem to represent “low hanging fruit” for increasing offender apprehension and improving justice. Yet, after years of grant…”
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Interpol review of forensic management, 2019–2022 by McAndrew, William P., Speaker, Paul J., Houck, Max M.

“…This paper reviews and summarizes the forensic management literature from late 2019 to late 2022, covering laboratory strategic, tactical and operational…”
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Interpol review of forensic science management literature 2016–2019 by McAndrew, William P., Houck, Max M.

“…This paper reviews and summarizes the forensic management literature from late 2016 to late 2019, covering laboratory decision making, business strategy, and…”
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Management and disclosure of quality issues in forensic science: A survey of current practice in Australia and New Zealand by Heavey, Anna L., Turbett, Gavin R., Houck, Max M., Lewis, Simon W.

“…The investigation of quality issues detected within the forensic process is a critical feature in robust quality management systems to provide assurance of the…”
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Letter to FSI re: “Can forensic science learn from the COVID-19 crisis?” Forensic Science International, V316, 2020 by Houck, Max M.

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Error and its Meaning in Forensic Science by Christensen, Angi M., Crowder, Christian M., Ousley, Stephen D., Houck, Max M.

“…The discussion of “error” has gained momentum in forensic science in the wake of the Daubert guidelines and has intensified with the National Academy of…”
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Open, transparent science helps promote justice by Houck, Max M

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Asymmetric politics and forensic intelligence by Houck, Max M

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Quality issues in forensic science: a new perspective to support justice and innovation by Heavey, Anna, Houck, Max M., Turbett, Gavin R., Lewis, Simon W.

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Toward a common language for quality issues in forensic science by Heavey, Anna L., Turbett, Gavin R., Houck, Max M., Lewis, Simon W.

“…The call for transparency with regards to the disclosure of errors in forensic science has permeated dialogues within the field, the legal arena and the public…”
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THE NEED FOR A RESEARCH CULTURE IN THE FORENSIC SCIENCES by Mnookin, Jennifer L, Cole, Simon A, Dror, Itiel E, Fisher, Barry A J, Houck, Max M, Inman, Keith, Kaye, David H, Koehler, Jonathan J, Langenburg, Glenn, Risinger, D Michael, Rudin, Norah, Siegel, Jay, Stoney, David A

“…The methods, techniques, and reliability of the forensic sciences in general, and the pattern identification disciplines in particular, have faced significant…”
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Intellectual infrastructure: A modest critique of forensic science by Houck, Max M

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Enhancing security of fingerprints through contextual biometric watermarking by Noore, Afzel, Singh, Richa, Vatsa, Mayank, Houck, Max M

“…Abstract This paper presents a novel digital watermarking technique using face and demographic text data as multiple watermarks for verifying the chain of…”
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Quality-augmented fusion of level-2 and level-3 fingerprint information using DSm theory by Vatsa, Mayank, Singh, Richa, Noore, Afzel, Houck, Max M.

“…Existing algorithms that fuse level-2 and level-3 fingerprint match scores perform well when the number of features are adequate and the quality of images are…”
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