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Interpreting evidence : evaluating forensic science in the courtroom by Bernard Robertson, G.A. Vignaux and Charles E.H. Berger

By: Robertson, BernardMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2016Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 197 p. : 24 cm. illContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118492437 (cloth); 9781118492482 (pbk.)Subject(s): Vignaux, G.A | Forensic Sciences | Criminal Law -- methods | Judicial RoleAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Interpreting evidenceDDC classification: 344 Ro53i 2016 LOC classification: K5465NLM classification: W 700
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.
Summary: "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."
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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."

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