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The Statistical Interpretation of Forensic Glass Evidence
Author(s) -
Curran James M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2003.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - suspect , forensic science , interpretation (philosophy) , crime scene , sample (material) , statistical analysis , statistical evidence , psychology , computer science , criminology , statistics , history , mathematics , archaeology , chemistry , chromatography , null hypothesis , programming language
Summary When examining a sample of glass fragments recovered from a suspect in a forensic case, many questions arise: “Did this man break that window?”, “Are these fragments from the crime scene source?”, “Do the fragments recovered from the suspect come from more than one source?”, “How common is it to find glass on someone unrelated with crime?” etc. Such questions are usually answered with the help of statistical methods. This paper reviews some of the statistical solutions and problems encountered in the interpretation and evaluation of forensic glass evidence.