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Interpreting evidence : evaluating forensic science in the courtroom

Title
Interpreting evidence : evaluating forensic science in the courtroom / by Bernard Robertson, G.A. Vignaux, Charles E.H. Berger.
Author
Robertson, Bernard
Publication
  • Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Vignaux, G. A.
  • Berger, Charles E. H.
Description
xiii, 197 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"This book explains the correct logical approach to analysis of forensic scientific evidence. The focus is on general methods of analysis applicable to all forms of evidence. It starts by explaining the general principles and then applies them to issues in DNA and other important forms of scientific evidence as examples. Like the first edition, the book analyses real legal cases and judgments rather than hypothetical examples and shows how the problems perceived in those cases would have been solved by a correct logical approach. The book is written to be understood both by forensic scientists preparing their evidence and by lawyers and judges who have to deal with it. The analysis is tied back both to basic scientific principles and to the principles of the law of evidence. This book will also be essential reading for law students taking evidence or forensic science papers and science students studying the application of their scientific specialisation to forensic questions."
Subject
  • Evidence, Criminal
  • Evidence, Expert
  • Forensic sciences
  • Forensic Sciences
  • Criminal Law > methods
  • Judicial Role
  • forensic science
  • 86.43 criminal procedure law, criminal law sanctions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Interpreting scientific evidence -- The alternative hypothesis -- What questions can the expert deal with? -- Explaining the strength of evidence -- The case as a whole -- Forensic science methodology -- Assigning likelihood ratios -- Errors of thinking -- Frequentist statistics and database matching -- Implications for the legal system.
ISBN
  • 9781118492437
  • 1118492439
  • 9781118492482
  • 111849248X
LCCN
2016012196
OCLC
  • ocn945072465
  • 945072465
  • SCSB-1868521
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library