Angélica Dass’ humanae, a spectrum of skin tones

Carrington, Alexis E.; Vatanchi, Marjon; Jakus, Jeannette

doi:10.1111/ijd.14861

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“…We anticipate that advancements in the computerization and automation of missing person search databases will yield more reliable and accurate measurements for the frequency of these characteristics. Moreover, we know that the categories selected for defining pigmentation traits are just a reduction of the diverse color palette that represent the possible tones that describe the human diversity [42]. In future works this diversity should be incorporated.…”

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Likelihood Ratios for physical traits in forensic investigations

Marsico,

Egeland

2024

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Recent years have seen significant advances in DNA phenotyping, which predicts the physical traits of an unknown person, such as hair, eyes, and skin color, using DNA data. This technique is increasingly used in forensic investigations to identify missing persons, disaster victims, and suspects of crimes. A key contribution of DNA phenotyping is that it allows researchers to search through lists of individuals with similar characteristics, often gathered from testimonies, photographs, and social media data. However, despite their growing relevance, current methods lack comprehensive mathematical models to calculate likelihood ratios that accurately assess the statistical weight of evidence. Our work bridges this gap by developing new likelihood ratio models, validated through computational simulations. In addition, we demonstrate the ability of these models to improve forensic investigations in real-world scenarios. Furthermore, we introduce the R package forensicolors , freely available on CRAN, to facilitate the application of the methodologies developed.

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Likelihood Ratios for physical traits in forensic investigations

Marsico,

Egeland

2024

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“…For example, the U.S. population in 2011 included 12% Black Americans and 16% Hispanic/Latinx Americans yet these subgroups only comprised 5% and 1% of US clinical trials, respectively 1 . The importance of these pursuits is underscored by projections that by the year 2050, more than 50% of the US population will be non‐White, and the diversity of skin tones across the human race is being celebrated by efforts such as the Humanae project 2 …”

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“…1 The importance of these pursuits is underscored by projections that by the year 2050, more than 50% of the US population will be non-White, and the diversity of skin tones across the human race is being celebrated by efforts such as the Humanae project. 2 The field of dermatology has made strides in these efforts with room for improvement. A systematic review of randomized dermatological clinical trials found that only 11.3% of international studies reported racial or ethnic demographic information.…”

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