Robertson, Bernard
Interpreting evidence : evaluating forensic science in the courtroom by Bernard Robertson, G.A. Vignaux and Charles E.H. Berger - 2nd ed. - xiii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"This book started as part of a wider project, the examination of the applicability of logical and probabilistic reasoning to evidence generally. This has been the subject of vigorous discussion in the legal literature and is one of the main threads of the new evidence scholarship."
English text.
9781118492437 (cloth) 9781118492482 (pbk.)
2016012196
Vignaux, G.A.
Forensic Sciences
Criminal Law--methods
Judicial Role
K5465
344 Ro53i 2016
W 700
Interpreting evidence : evaluating forensic science in the courtroom by Bernard Robertson, G.A. Vignaux and Charles E.H. Berger - 2nd ed. - xiii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"This book started as part of a wider project, the examination of the applicability of logical and probabilistic reasoning to evidence generally. This has been the subject of vigorous discussion in the legal literature and is one of the main threads of the new evidence scholarship."
English text.
9781118492437 (cloth) 9781118492482 (pbk.)
2016012196
Vignaux, G.A.
Forensic Sciences
Criminal Law--methods
Judicial Role
K5465
344 Ro53i 2016
W 700