Current perspectives in the interpretation of gunshot residues in forensic science: a review

M Maitre, KP Kirkbride, M Horder, C Roux… - Forensic science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The traces produced when a firearm is discharged can provide important information in
cases when questions regarding a possible association of the firearm with a person of …

Bayes and the law

N Fenton, M Neil, D Berger - Annual review of statistics and its …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Although the use of statistics in legal proceedings has considerably grown in the last 40
years, primarily classical statistical methods rather than Bayesian methods have been used …

[LIBRO][B] Weight-of-evidence for Forensic DNA Profiles

DJ Balding, CD Steele - 2015 - books.google.com
DNA evidence is widely used in the modern justice system. Statistical methodology plays a
key role in ensuring that this evidence is collected, interpreted, analysed and presented …

Lay understanding of forensic statistics: Evaluation of random match probabilities, likelihood ratios, and verbal equivalents.

WC Thompson, EJ Newman - Law and human behavior, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Forensic scientists have come under increasing pressure to quantify the strength of their
evidence, but it is not clear which of several possible formats for presenting quantitative …

Evidence evaluation: a response to the court of appeal judgment in R v T

CEH Berger, J Buckleton, C Champod, IW Evett… - Science & Justice, 2011 - Elsevier
This is a discussion of a number of issues that arise from the recent judgment in R v T [1].
Although the judgment concerned with footwear evidence, more general remarks have …

Discussion on how to implement a verbal scale in a forensic laboratory: Benefits, pitfalls and suggestions to avoid misunderstandings

R Marquis, A Biedermann, L Cadola, C Champod… - Science & Justice, 2016 - Elsevier
In a recently published guideline for evaluative reporting in forensic science, the European
Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) recommended the use of the likelihood ratio …

What should a forensic practitioner's likelihood ratio be?

GS Morrison, E Enzinger - Science & Justice, 2016 - Elsevier
We argue that forensic practitioners should empirically assess and report the precision of
their likelihood ratios. Once the practitioner has specified the prosecution and defence …

Avoiding probabilistic reasoning fallacies in legal practice using Bayesian networks

N Fenton, M Neil - Austl. J. Leg. Phil., 2011 - HeinOnline
The issue of probabilistic reasoning fallacies in legal practice (hereafter referred to simply as
probabilistic fallacies) is one that has been well documented, being dealt with even in …

A demonstration of the application of the new paradigm for the evaluation of forensic evidence under conditions reflecting those of a real forensic-voice-comparison …

E Enzinger, GS Morrison, F Ochoa - Science & Justice, 2016 - Elsevier
The new paradigm for the evaluation of the strength of forensic evidence includes: The use
of the likelihood-ratio framework. The use of relevant data, quantitative measurements, and …

When 'neutral'evidence still has probative value (with implications from the Barry George Case)

N Fenton, D Berger, D Lagnado, M Neil, A Hsu - Science & Justice, 2014 - Elsevier
The likelihood ratio (LR) is a probabilistic method that has been championed as a 'simple
rule'for evaluating the probative value of forensic evidence in court. Intuitively, if the LR is …