eprintid: 85
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 5
dir: disk0/00/00/00/85
datestamp: 2007-02-05
lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:47:07
status_changed: 2009-04-08 16:53:54
type: report
metadata_visibility: show
item_issues_count: 0
creators_name: Franx, Geert Jan
creators_name: van Gennip, Yves
creators_name: Hochs, Peter
creators_name: Nuyens, Misja
creators_name: Palla, Luigi
creators_name: Quant, Corrie
creators_name: Trapman, Pieter
title: Selection effects in forensic science
ispublished: pub
subjects: other
studygroups: esgi52
companyname: Netherlands Forensic Institute
full_text_status: public
abstract: In this report we consider the following question: does a forensic expert need to know exactly how the evidential material was selected? We set up a few simple models of situations in which the way evidence is selected may influence its value in court. Although reality is far from a probabilistic model, and one should be very careful when applying theoretical results to real life situations, we believe that the results in our models indicate how the selection of evidence affects its value. We conclude that selection effects in forensic science can be quite important, and that from a statistical point of view, improvements can be made to court room practice.
date: 2005-02-04
date_type: published
pages: 11
citation:   Franx, Geert Jan and van Gennip, Yves and Hochs, Peter and Nuyens, Misja and Palla, Luigi and Quant, Corrie and Trapman, Pieter  (2005) Selection effects in forensic science.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/85/1/NLforensic.pdf