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Cheiloscopy: Lip Print Inter-rater Reliability.

Winnie Furnari¹, Malvin N Janal¹

¹New York University, 345 East 24th Street, New York, NY.

Journal of Forensic Sciences

|December 2, 2016

Summary

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Lip print analysis, also known as cheiloscopy, showed poor to fair reliability among raters for human identification. This study suggests further training may be needed to improve the accuracy of lip print analysis.

Keywords:

cheiloscopy forensic identification forensic odontology forensic science inter-rater reliability lip prints

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Area of Science:

Forensic Science
Odontology

Background:

Lip print analysis (cheiloscopy) is explored as a potential biometric identification method.
Existing identification methods include fingerprints and retinal scans.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the inter-rater reliability of lip print categorization among forensic odontologists.
To evaluate a common lip print classification system.

Main Methods:

Twenty forensic odontologists categorized lip prints from 13 individuals.
Prints were assessed both directly and from photographs.
A six-class system based on line patterns was utilized.
Multirater kappa was used to measure agreement.

Main Results:

Inter-rater reliability was poor (kappa = 0.15) for actual prints.
Reliability was fair (kappa = 0.25) for photographic prints.
The results indicate low agreement among raters.

Conclusions:

Current lip print analysis methods lack sufficient reliability for human identification.
Further research into intensive training protocols may be necessary to enhance reliability.