Forensic identification with imperfect evidence

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 835-849

  Philip Dawid, A ^a   Mortera, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayes's rule; Dna profile; Forensic identification; Incomplete evidence; Match binning; Paternity testing; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012007885     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.4.835     Document Type: Article

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