Expert evidence and forensic misconceptions of the nature of exact science

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-122

  Evett, I W ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Forensic science; Inference; Philosophy; Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 0029953235     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(96)72576-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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