Commentary on: Hahn M, Anslinger K, Eckert M, Fimmers R, Grethe S, Hohoff C, et al. [Joint recommendations of the project group “Biostatistical DNA Calculations” and the Trace Commission on the Biostatistical Evaluation of Forensic DNA Analytical Findings with Fully Continuous Models (FCM)]. Rechtsmedizin (Berl). 2023; 33(1):3–12. doi: 10.1007/s00194-022-00599-5

Charles E.H. Berger; Maarten Kruijver; Tacha Hicks; Christophe Champod; Duncan Taylor; John Buckleton

doi:10.1111/1556-4029.15424

Commentary on: Hahn M, Anslinger K, Eckert M, Fimmers R, Grethe S, Hohoff C, et al. [Joint recommendations of the project group “Biostatistical DNA Calculations” and the Trace Commission on the Biostatistical Evaluation of Forensic DNA Analytical Findings with Fully Continuous Models (FCM)]. Rechtsmedizin (Berl). 2023; 33(1):3–12. doi: 10.1007/s00194-022-00599-5

Charles E.H. Berger, Maarten Kruijver, Tacha Hicks, Christophe Champod, Duncan Taylor, John Buckleton

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Editor,
Recently, Hahn et al. published the “Joint recommendations of the project group ‘Biostatistical DNA Calculations’ and the Stain Commission on the Biostatistical Evaluation of Forensic DNA Analytical Findings with Fully Continuous Models (FCM).”

While the work of the project group and commission to encourage the adoption of FCMs in Germany is to be commended, some of their recommendations are problematic, in our opinion. In this reaction, we will point out a number of issues with their analysis of FCM results and with their recommendations based on that analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	730-735
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Forensic Sciences
Volume	69
Issue number	2
Early online date	20 Nov 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15424
Publication status	Published - Mar 2024

Keywords

Probabilistic genotyping
Deconvolution
Likelihood ratio
DNA evidence
Forensic biostatistics

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Berger, C. E. H., Kruijver, M., Hicks, T., Champod, C., Taylor, D., & Buckleton, J. (2024). Commentary on: Hahn M, Anslinger K, Eckert M, Fimmers R, Grethe S, Hohoff C, et al. [Joint recommendations of the project group “Biostatistical DNA Calculations” and the Trace Commission on the Biostatistical Evaluation of Forensic DNA Analytical Findings with Fully Continuous Models (FCM)]. Rechtsmedizin (Berl). 2023; 33(1):3–12. doi: 10.1007/s00194-022-00599-5. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 69(2), 730-735. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15424

Berger, Charles E.H. ; Kruijver, Maarten ; Hicks, Tacha et al. / Commentary on : Hahn M, Anslinger K, Eckert M, Fimmers R, Grethe S, Hohoff C, et al. [Joint recommendations of the project group “Biostatistical DNA Calculations” and the Trace Commission on the Biostatistical Evaluation of Forensic DNA Analytical Findings with Fully Continuous Models (FCM)]. Rechtsmedizin (Berl). 2023; 33(1):3–12. doi: 10.1007/s00194-022-00599-5. In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2024 ; Vol. 69, No. 2. pp. 730-735.

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