The first edition of Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Forensic Scientists
established itself as a highly regarded authority on this area. Fully revised and updated, the …

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 …

Designed as an accessible introduction to basic scientific principles and their application in
professional practice, Forensic Biology provides a concise overview of the field. Focusing …

This book addresses the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic
evidence, including both theoretical issues and applications in legal contexts. It discusses …

At first sight, there may appear to be little connection between Statistics and Law. On closer
inspection it can be seen that the problems they tackle are in many ways identical—although …

Statistical methodology plays a key role in ensuring that DNA evidence is collected,
interpreted, analyzed and presented correctly. With the recent advances in computer …

This paper analyses and discusses arguments that emerge from a recent discussion about
the proper assessment of the evidential value of correspondences observed between the …

Fingerprint evidence has been used to support the identification of criminals for more than a
century. Statistical analysis of information present on finger impressions is not a new …

The introduction of DNA evidence has transformed human individualization in criminal
litigation, but it also introduced daunting statistical, philosophical and practical problems into …

A recent article in Biometrics (Stockmarr, 1999, 55, 671–677) has generated
correspondence (56, 1274–1277; 57, 976–980) reigniting a controversy started by a 1996 …