Logical evaluation of evidence when a person is suspected of committing two separate offences.
Sci Justice
; 46(1): 25-31, 2006.
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We consider the problem of drawing inferences within a legal framework when a person is a suspect for two separate offences. Although we are primarily concerned with scientific evidence the issue inevitably arises as to how that evidence interacts with other, non-scientific evidence. We show that, in this particular context, the evidence can be conveniently classified into three categories that concern, respectively: the first crime only; the second crime only; and evidence that relates to similarities between the two crimes. Two case examples are considered and we consider DNA, fibres and eyewitness evidence. These are viewed from the perspective of a prosecutor who has to decide whether or not to charge a suspect with one or both crimes. Graphical sensivity analyses are presented which have features that are not intuitively obvious.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Interpretación Estadística de Datos
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Derecho Penal
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Humans
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En
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Sci Justice
Asunto de la revista:
JURISPRUDENCIA
Año:
2006
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Article
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