TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - When batterer becomes murderer: an analysis with conditional independence
JO  - Law, probability and risk
A1  - Liu, Tung
A1  - Shang, Shengwu
A1  - Coelho, Philip R. P.
SP  - 131
EP  - 136
VL  - 16
IS  - 2-3
N2  - We examine the causal relationship between domestic violence and the murder of a woman by her male partner using conditional independence. Given a murder, we consider the independence between domestic violence and a murdering husband/partner. The tria l of O.J. Simpson illustrates the usage of conditional independence in the courtroom. We extend Good's Bayesian analysis to include concepts of conditional independence and estimate related probabilities with timely data. We argue that evidence of domestic violence is relevant only where wives who suffer spousal abuse have a higher probability of being murdered by their spouses than non-abused wives.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1470-8396
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgx004
ID  - ref1
ER  -