Personnel Selection in the Pattern Evidence Domain of Forensic Science

Personnel Selection in the Pattern Evidence Domain of Forensic Science

Proceedings of a Workshop

  • Author: Schuck, Julie Anne
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309451406
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309451413
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309451437
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2017
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 63
  • Language: English

In July 2016 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop with the goal of bringing together industrial and organizational (I-O) psychologists, experts on personnel selection and testing, forensic scientists, and other researchers whose work has a nexus with workforce needs in the forensic science field with a focus on pattern evidence. Participants reviewed the current status of selection and training of forensic scientists who specialize in pattern evidence and discussed how tools used in I-O psychology to understand elements of a task and measure aptitude and performance could address challenges in the pattern evidence domain of the forensic sciences. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Task of Pattern Recognition
  • 3 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • 4 Other Considerations and Next Steps
  • Appendix: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants

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