Instructor: Glenn Langenburg Course Description: Now, more than ever, forensic service providers are required to demonstrate their commitment to impartiality (ISO/IEC 17025:2017 4.1).  This training addresses this issue by exploring how cognitive bias can influence friction ridge examinations.  In this 3-hour course, we will identify potential sources of cognitive bias in friction ridge examinations and examine how it may impact our decision-making.  We will review the current literature on this topic and critical findings.  To see how bias can impact our casework we will review fingerprint cases (some famous, some not) where bias contributed to the error or the management of the error.  Lastly, we will identify specific actions, best practices, and procedures that you can adopt to minimize the impact of potential bias.  Attendees of this course will be provided with specific examples of how to conduct blind examinations, case-manager models, and sequential unmasking approaches. Length: 4 hours