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SCIENCE & JUSTICE
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 43-49Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.03.005
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Forensic Science; Interpretation; Bayesian inference; Likelihood ratio; Footwear
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This is a discussion of a number of issues that arise from the recent judgment in R v T[1]. In Although the judgment concerned with footwear evidence, more general remarks have implications for all disciplines within forensic science. Our concern is that the judgment will be interpreted as being in opposition to the principles of logical interpretation of evidence. We re-iterate those principles and then discuss several extracts from the judgment that may be potentially harmful to the future of forensic science. A position statement with regard to evidence evaluation, signed by many forensic scientists, statisticians and lawyers, has appeared in this journal [2] and the present paper expands on the points made in that statement. (C) 2011 Forensic Science Society. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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