DNA Database Searches and the Legal Consumption of Scientific Evidence
Author: Peter Donnelly.; Richard D. Friedman.
Source: Volume 02, Number 01, December/January 2001 , pp.1-8(8)
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Abstract:
DNA evidence has transformed the proof of identity in criminal litigation, but it has also introduced daunting problems of statistical analysis into the process. In this article, we analyze a problem related to DNA evidence that is likely to be of great and increasing significance in the near future. This is the problem of whether, and how, to present evidence that the suspect has been identified through a DNA database search.Keywords:
Affiliations:
1: Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford; 2: University of Michigan Law School.