The systematic profiling of false identity documents: method validation and performance evaluation using seizures known to originate from common and different sources

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serval:BIB_B6E106BFFB2D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
The systematic profiling of false identity documents: method validation and performance evaluation using seizures known to originate from common and different sources
Journal
Forensic Science International
Author(s)
Baechler S., Terrasse V., Pujol JP., Fritz T., Ribaux O., Margot P.
ISSN
0379-0738
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
2013
Number
232
Pages
180-190
Language
english
Abstract
False identity documents constitute a potential powerful source of forensic intelligence because they are essential elements of transnational crime and provide cover for organized crime. In previous work, a systematic profiling method using false documents' visual features has been built within a forensic intelligence model. In the current study, the comparison process and metrics lying at the heart of this profiling method are described and evaluated. This evaluation takes advantage of 347 false identity documents of four different types seized in two countries whose sources were known to be common or different (following police investigations and dismantling of counterfeit factories). Intra-source and inter-sources variations were evaluated through the computation of more than 7500 similarity scores. The profiling method could thus be validated and its performance assessed using two complementary approaches to measuring type I and type II error rates: a binary classification and the computation of likelihood ratios. Very low error rates were measured across the four document types, demonstrating the validity and robustness of the method to link documents to a common source or to differentiate them. These results pave the way for an operational implementation of a systematic profiling process integrated in a developed forensic intelligence model.
Keywords
Forensic intelligence , Metric Classification , Likelihood ratio , Counterfeit , Forgery
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10/08/2013 10:32
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20/08/2019 15:25
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