Probability and Forensic Evidence
This book addresses the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic evidence, including both theoretical issues and applications in legal contexts. After laying out their philosophical position, the authors begin with a detailed study of the likelihood ratio.… Celý popis ↓
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Probability and Forensic Evidence
This book addresses the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic evidence, including both theoretical issues and applications in legal contexts. After laying out their philosophical position, the authors begin with a detailed study of the likelihood ratio. It discusses what evidence is and how it can be quantified, how it should be understood, and how it is applied (and, sometimes, misapplied).
The analysis of DNA evidence in particular is treated in great detail. Following this grounding, they discuss applications of the likelihood ratio to forensic questions, in the abstract and in concrete cases. Later chapters concern Bayesian networks, frequentist approaches to evidence, the use of belief functions, and the thorny subject of database searches and familial searching.
Finally, the authors provide commentary on various recommendation reports for forensic
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