Title

Probabilistic reporting in criminal cases in the United States: A baseline study

Authors

Simon A. Cole, University of California, Irvine
Matt Barno, University of California, Irvine

Campus Units

Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE)"

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Accepted Manuscript

Publication Date

9-2020

Journal or Book Title

Science & Justice

Volume

60

Issue

5

First Page

406

Last Page

414

DOI

10.1016/j.scijus.2020.06.001

Abstract

Highlights

Forensic evidence reporting shows a high degree of adherence to prevailing disciplinary standards.

Probabilistic reporting of forensic results remains rare.

Probabilistic reports were mostly subjective verbal assignments of posterior probabilities.

Comments

This is a manuscript of an article published as Cole, Simon A., and Matt Barno. "Probabilistic reporting in criminal cases in the United States: A baseline study." Science & justice: journal of the Forensic Science Society 60, no. 5 (2020): 406-414. Posted with permission of CSAFE.

Copyright Owner

Elsevier B.V.

Copyright Date

2019

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Cole, Simon A. and Barno, Matt, "Probabilistic reporting in criminal cases in the United States: A baseline study" (2020). CSAFE Publications. 70.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/csafe_pubs/70