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Article: BITEMARK EVIDENCE, ANALYSIS SHOULD BE APPROACHED WITH CAUTION, ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO STUDY
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- September 17, 2009
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BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 17 -- The University at Buffalo issued the following press release:
Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have published a landmark paper on the controversial topic of bitemark analysis.
The Congressional hearing focused on the findings of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the scientific basis of forensic disciplines. Among the pattern evidence fields (fingerprints, tool marks, etc.) that were reviewed in the NAS report, bitemark analysis received critical commentary. During the ...