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These forensic evidence caselaw databases have been analyzed in several publications. A law review article, Judging Firearms Evidence, published in the Southern California Law Review in 2024, examines the rulings on firearms expert evidence. A shorter piece, Judging Firearms Evidence and the Rule 702 Amendments, in Judicature also examines that data. A work in progress, Judging Fingerprint Evidence, examines the fingerprint caselaw database.

This work was generously supported by the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) through Cooperative Agreements 70NANB15H176 and 70NANB20H019 between NIST and Iowa State University, which includes activities carried out at Duke University. This work was also supported by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University. This site was built by the Duke Law Data Lab team using the Next.js React framework.