DNA profiling: A discussion of issues relating to the reporting of very small match probabilities

Criminal Law Review

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2000, Pages 341-354

  Evett, Ian W ^a   Foreman, Lindsey A ^a   Jackson, Graham ^b   Lambert, James A ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

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