Kelly works as a fingerprint examiner. A police detective showed her some gory photos of the crime scene and told her that the suspect in custody is a likely perpetrator of the murder. Kelly is more likely to find a match between the latent prints and the suspect's prints because of:

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Contextual bias occurs when an examiner's judgment is influenced by irrelevant information (such as the gory photos and the detective's opinion about the suspect's guilt). This can lead to a higher likelihood of finding a match between the latent prints and the suspect's prints, even if the match is not based solely on the prints' characteristics.

Kelly Works as a Fingerprint Examiner