Citation

Mattijssen EJ, Kerkhoff W, Berger CE, Dror IE, Stoel RD. Sci. Justice 2016; 56(2): 113-122.

Affiliation

Netherlands Forensic Institute, PO Box 24044, 2490 AA The Hague, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Forensic Science Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.scijus.2015.11.004

PMID

26976470

Abstract

Managing context information in forensic casework aims to minimize task-irrelevant information while maximizing the task-relevant information that reaches the examiner. A design and implementation of context information management (CIM) is described for forensic firearms examination. Guided by a taxonomy of different sources of context information, a flow-chart was constructed that specifies the process of casework examination and context information management. Due to the risk of bias, another examiner may need to be involved when context information management is unsuccessful. Application of context information management does not make a subjective examination objective, but can limit the risks of bias with a minimal investment of time and resources.

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