As part of efforts to improve the reliability of forensic evidence, scientific and policy groups increasingly recommend routine and blind proficiency tests of practitioners. After conducting three studies, results suggest that disclosing results of blind proficiency testing can inform jury decision-making, and further, that defense lawyering can make proficiency information particularly salient at a criminal trial. By: William Crozier, Jeff Kukucka and Brandon L. Garrett – Forensic Science International (2020).
