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SATI e-News: May 28, 2002
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NIJ Releases
RFP for Processing Backlog of “No Suspect” Cases |
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States may apply for funding through
the National Institute of Justice to identify, process and analyze
“no suspect” cases. Work may be conducted by either public
laboratories or through qualified outsourcing entities. Deadline
for proposals is September 13, 2002. RFP at:
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000570.pdf
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Handwriting Analysis: Junk Science or Legitimate Forensic Tool? |
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Prosecutors and others in the
criminal justice field hope that a new study due to appear in
the July issue of The Journal of Forensic Sciences will
settle contradictory court rulings on the validity of
handwriting analysis. Sargur N. Srihari, the principal author of
the study, is a professor of computer science at the State
University of New York at Buffalo.
Srihari told the New York Times that the study of 1,500
people is the most comprehensive effort undertaken to prove the
uniqueness of an individual’s handwriting. The study establishes
a writer’s identity with 98 percent confidence, according to
Srihari. Extrapolating to the entire population of the United
States, the study's confidence level dropped to 95 percent.
The study, which was partly funded by the National Institute of
Justice, will be posted on the web site of the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences in late June or July. Source: "Prosecutors
Hope New Study of Handwriting Will Silence Skeptics,” New
York Times, May 26, 2002.
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Annual
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Conference Scheduled |
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The third annual International Conference on Sexual Assault,
Domestic Violence and Stalking will be held in San Diego April
23-25, 2003; Click here for
2003 conference info.
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New Sexual
Assault Resource Listing |
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Check
out and bookmark this new list of
sexual assault
resources
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