Abstract
Introduction
This book is intended as a discussion of the interpretation of DNA evidence. However there is nothing inherently different about DNA evidence that sets it qualitatively aside from all other forensic disciplines or even all evidence.160,161 We feel that it is important that DNA evidence be considered as one form of evidence, not as something completely separate. This opinion is not universally held. There is a view that the strength of the probabilistic models used in DNA sets it apart.162 We cannot support this viewpoint and believe it originates from a false understanding of objectivity and subjectivity* in probabilistic reasoning.
This book is intended as a discussion of the interpretation of DNA evidence. However there is nothing inherently different about DNA evidence that sets it qualitatively aside from all other forensic disciplines or even all evidence.160,161 We feel that it is important that DNA evidence be considered as one form of evidence, not as something completely separate. This opinion is not universally held. There is a view that the strength of the probabilistic models used in DNA sets it apart.162 We cannot support this viewpoint and believe it originates from a false understanding of objectivity and subjectivity* in probabilistic reasoning.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Forensic DNA Evidence Interpretation |
| Editors | John S. Buckleton, Jo-Anne Bright, Duncan Taylor |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Chapter | 2 |
| Pages | 37-86 |
| Number of pages | 50 |
| Edition | Second Edition |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781482258929 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781482258899 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- DNA casework
- Peter Gill
- DNA analysis
- interpretation of test results
- DNA frequencies
- LCN (ultra trace) analysis
- non-autosomal (mito, X, and Y) DNA analysis