Conclusions of HALL AND PLAYER

. Even if experts think that a serious crime has influenced their analysis the outcome (i.e. the decision made) is not affected. 2. Experienced fingerprint experts used in the research were less affected by cognitive bias than the nonexperts in Dror et al (2005). 3. Fingerprint examiners may also consider details of an individual crime that are provided with the fingerprints as surplus to requirements. Some experts (19%) stated on their feedback forms that they did not even read the crime scene examiners report presented with the fingerprints