In recent decades probability and statistics have gradually made their way into the realm of law. This has been favoured by the proliferation of forensic techniques including identification by means of fingerprints, DNA evidence, marks on bullets, etc., and by the ever-increasing amount of epidemiological and medical data, and the refinement of risk analysis. The paper examines some of the problems related to the use of probabilistic and statistical methods in the courts, and offers some suggestions for a proper use of them, taken from the vast literature on the topic.
Probability, Statistics, and Law / M.C. Galavotti. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 391-402. [10.1007/978-94-007-3030-4_28]
Probability, Statistics, and Law
GALAVOTTI, MARIA CARLA
2012
Abstract
In recent decades probability and statistics have gradually made their way into the realm of law. This has been favoured by the proliferation of forensic techniques including identification by means of fingerprints, DNA evidence, marks on bullets, etc., and by the ever-increasing amount of epidemiological and medical data, and the refinement of risk analysis. The paper examines some of the problems related to the use of probabilistic and statistical methods in the courts, and offers some suggestions for a proper use of them, taken from the vast literature on the topic.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
