Helping with inquiries or helping with profits? The trials and tribulations of a technology of forensic reasoning

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-755

  Lawless, Christopher J ^a   Williams, Robin ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; evidence; forensic science; marketization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIMINAL LAW; ECONOMICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYES THEOREM; COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; CRIMINAL LAW; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; POLICE;

EID: 77957239476     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312710378787     Document Type: Article

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