Forensic Sciences Research, Volume. 9, Issue 3, owae047(2024)
Challenges of accreditation in forensic fields concerned with human identification: a survey of European facial examiners
Fig. 1. Reported duration of working as a facial examiner by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status.
Fig. 2. Reported team size by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status. TM: team members.
Fig. 3. Reported education background by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status.
Fig. 4. Word cloud representing the fields of academic degrees held by participating facial examiners.
Fig. 5. Reported training schemes by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status.
Fig. 6. Reported areas of expertise/experience by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status. AFRS: automated facial recognition systems.
Fig. 7. Reported existence of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for facial image comparison (FIC) by FIC unit accreditation status.
Fig. 8. Reported participation in proficiency testing (other than by the Digital Imaging Working Group, DIWG) by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status.
Fig. 9. Reported frequency of intralaboratory validation by FIC unit accreditation status.
Fig. 10. Types of reported methods used in facial image comparison (FIC) by FIC unit accreditation status.
Fig. 11. Reported instances of method validation by facial image comparison (FIC) unit accreditation status.
Table 1. Survey participation numbers by country.
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Country Number of respondents Survey Denmark 6 Survey 1 and 2 Germany 6 Survey 1 and 2 Sweden 4 Survey 1 and 2 France 2 Survey 1 and 2 Italy 2 Survey 2 Slovakia 2 Survey 1 Switzerland 2 Survey 1 and 2 UK 2 Survey 1 Croatia 1 Survey 1 Finland 1 Survey 2 Georgia 1 Survey 2 Hungary 1 Survey 2 Lithuania 1 Survey 2 Portugal 1 Survey 1 Romania 1 Survey 1 Spain 1 Survey 2
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Zuzana Obertová, Inga Siebke, Grit Schüler. Challenges of accreditation in forensic fields concerned with human identification: a survey of European facial examiners[J]. Forensic Sciences Research, 2024, 9(3): owae047
Category: Research Articles
Received: Jun. 21, 2024
Accepted: Aug. 8, 2024
Published Online: Sep. 22, 2025
The Author Email: Zuzana Obertová (zuzana.obertova@uwa.edu.au)
