Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Fornensic Scientists
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For many years the first edition has been considered the leading text in statistical evaluation of forensic evidence. It is highly regarded among forensic scientists. The changes proposed by the author will update the text, covering many new topics of...
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For many years the first edition has been considered the leading text in statistical evaluation of forensic evidence. It is highly regarded among forensic scientists. The changes proposed by the author will update the text, covering many new topics of interest, and includes coverage of new fields of evidence. The book features new examples, concerned with up-to-date data sets and a chapter on evidence evaluation using probability trees and Bayesian nets.
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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 second edition provides significant new material on areas of current interest including:* Glass Interpretation* Fibres Interpretation* Bayes' NetsThe title presents comprehensive coverage of the statistical evaluation of forensic evidence. It is written with the assumption of a modest mathematical background and is illustrated throughout with up-to-date examples from a forensic science background.The clarity of exposition makes this book ideal for all forensic scientists, lawyers and other professionals in related fields interested in the quantitative assessment and evaluation of evidence.'There can be no doubt that the appreciation of some evidence in a court of law has been greatly enhanced by the sound use of statistical ideas and one can be confident that the next decade will see further developments, during which time this book will admirably serve those who have cause to use statistics in forensic science.'D.V. Lindley
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Fornensic Scientists “
- Preface to the first edition- Preface to the second edition
- Uncertainty in forensic science
- Variation
- The evaluation of evidence
- Historical review
- Bayesian inference
- Sampling
- Interpretation
- Transfer evidence
- Discrete data
- Continuous data
- Multivariate analysis
- Fibres
- DNA profiling
- Bayesian networks
- References
- Notation
- Cases
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- Autoren: Colin Aitken , Franco Taroni
- 2004, 2. Aufl., 488 Seiten, Maße: 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470843675
- ISBN-13: 9780470843673
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"...wholly admirable...the benefits of using sensiblenotation to understand how to combine different types of evidenceshine through." (Significance - magazine of the RoyalStatistical Society, March 2005)"We wish to congratulate Profs Aitken and Taroni on theirscholarly and valuable contribution to the field." (Law,Probability and Risk, 2006)
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