“Source” or “activity” What is the level of issue in a criminal trial?

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Title
“Source” or “activity” What is the level of issue in a criminal trial?
Journal
Significance
Author(s)
Jackson Graham, Biedermann Alex
ISSN
1740-9705
1740-9713
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2019
Volume
16
Number
2
Pages
36-39
Language
english
Notes
Swiss National Science Foundation grant No. BSSGI0_155809.
Abstract
With DNA evidence, so‐called match probabilities are potentially misleading if they are used to answer questions that they are not designed to answer. Are we interested in who is the source of the detected DNA, or are we interested in whether a particular alleged activity occurred?
Keywords
Statistics and Probability
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Yes
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