A Bayesian approach to interpreting footwear marks in forensic casework

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Evett, I W ^a   Lambert, J A ^a   Buckleton, J S ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Footwear; Forensic identification; Forensic science; Likelihood ratio; Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; NEW ZEALAND; SHOE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031740673     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(98)72118-5     Document Type: Article

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