TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence evaluation: a response to the court of appeal judgment in R v T
AU - Berger, Charles E. H.
AU - Buckleton, John
AU - Champod, Christophe
AU - Evett, Ian W.
AU - Jackson, Graham
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - This is a discussion of a number of issues that arise from the recent judgment in R v T [1]. Although the judgment concerned with footwear evidence, more general remarks have implications for all disciplines within forensic science. Our concern is that the judgment will be interpreted as being in opposition to the principles of logical interpretation of evidence. We re-iterate those principles and then discuss several extracts from the judgment that may be potentially harmful to the future of forensic science. A position statement with regard to evidence evaluation, signed by many forensic scientists, statisticians and lawyers, has appeared in this journal [2] and the present paper expands on the points made in that statement.
AB - This is a discussion of a number of issues that arise from the recent judgment in R v T [1]. Although the judgment concerned with footwear evidence, more general remarks have implications for all disciplines within forensic science. Our concern is that the judgment will be interpreted as being in opposition to the principles of logical interpretation of evidence. We re-iterate those principles and then discuss several extracts from the judgment that may be potentially harmful to the future of forensic science. A position statement with regard to evidence evaluation, signed by many forensic scientists, statisticians and lawyers, has appeared in this journal [2] and the present paper expands on the points made in that statement.
U2 - 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.03.005
M3 - Article
VL - 51
SP - 43
EP - 49
JO - Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society
JF - Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society
SN - 1355-0306
IS - 2
ER -