Personnel Selection in the Pattern Evidence Domain of Forensic Science Proceedings of a Workshop (2017) / Chapter Skim
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The ability to detect, interpret, and compare shapes and patterns requires specific visual and cognitive skills. Workshop participants were asked to review the current status of selection and training of forensic scientists who specialize in pattern evidence and to consider and discuss how tools used in I-O psychology to understand elements of a task and measure aptitude and performance 1 The archived Webcast of this workshop can be found at http://sites.nationalacademies.
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The 1.5-day workshop was held July 14-15, 2016, with the objective to better understand how the development of selection tools might address the challenges facing the hiring and training of pattern evidence examiners in forensic laboratories. Participants included researchers, industrial and organizational psychologists, forensic scientists and laboratory directors, and others from the criminal justice community.
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The views contained in the report are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the planning committee, or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. All presenters spoke on their own behalf, often with the disclaimer 2 This proceedings uses the terms "forensic laboratories" and "crime labs" interchangeably to recognize the facilities where pattern evidence examiners are employed.
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In addition, relevant remarks providing background on I-O psychology and strategies for developing selection tests were integrated as appropriate to keep similar topics and ideas together. Thus, Chapter 2 focuses on understanding the task of pattern recognition.
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