Letter to the editor - The prosecutor's fallacy in George Clarke's Justice and Science: Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 504-

  Thompson, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COURT; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; JUSTICE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

BAYES THEOREM; BOOKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 60849120437     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.00994.x     Document Type: Letter

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