TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Evidence-based evidence: a practical method for Bayesian analysis of forensic evidence JO - Law, probability and risk A1 - Molina, D. Kimberley A1 - Cave, Rowena SP - 135 EP - 145 VL - 14 IS - 2 N2 - A study by the authors of determining manner of death used a method novel to forensic pathology. This article details the method used. Drawing on the methodology of evidence-based medicine, data was systematically identified and pooled to provide a robust and substantial dataset of probabilities for forensic evidential features of gunshot wounds. This provided source data for a Bayesian analysis to determine the probable manner of death. We suggest the same method can be applied to a wide variety of evidence, meeting the need for strong and reliable data highlighted by R v. T and subsequent debate.
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LA - en SN - 1470-8396 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgu019 ID - ref1 ER -