| Forensic Technology: Algorithms Offer Benefits for Criminal Investigations, but a Range of Factors Can Affect Outcomes |
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GAO's technology assessments in 2020 and 2021 found that federal law enforcement agencies primarily used three types of forensic algorithms to help assess whether evidence may have originated from an individual: probabilistic genotyping, latent print analysis, and facial recognition.
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- Short title:
- Forensic Technology:
- Start date:
- 2024-01
- End date:
- 2024-01
- Homepage:
- https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107206
- Project leader:
- Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
- Country:
- United States of America
