The coming paradigm shift in forensic identification science

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5736, 2005, Pages 892-895

  Saks, Michael J ^a   Koehler, Jonathan J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ERROR ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION SCIENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; COURT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DNA; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORECASTING; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23244453289     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111565     Document Type: Review

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