Corrigendum to “Contacting surfaces are rarely DNA Free: Another look at transfer when both surfaces have DNA” [Sci. Justice 65(3) (2025) 101248] (Science & Justice (2025) 65(3), (S1355030625000322), (10.1016/j.scijus.2025.101248))

The authors regret to inform that after being altered to some typographical errors, by an astute reader, we have reviewed the manuscript and associated Supplementary data and identified some aspects requiring correction, as follows: Raw data transcription errors to the Supplementary data were noted, where data entered into cells relevant to number of contributors (and corresponding LRs) was inaccurately transcribed from internal workbooks. The Excel rows affected by this issue (for bidirectional data only) include rows 11–15, 21 and 23–66. The presentation of results and discussion in the manuscript was not affected by Supplementary data issues as correct data (from internal workbooks) was used in analysis. See Supplementary data to this corrigendum for a corrected version of the original Supplementary data tab “bidirectional data”. In Section 3.3.1 the data in brackets needs to be swapped around from “(TT; mean of 13.4 % vs UD10.3 % respectively) to “(TT: mean of 10.3 % vs UD of 13.4 % respectively) and from “(TB; mean of 13.4 % vs UD 7.59 % respectively)” to “(TB: mean of 7.59 % vs UD 13.4 % respectively)”. Further, three spelling errors need to be corrected: in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 from “boarder” to “border” in Section 3.1 from “indicted” to “indicated” in Section 4 from “Highset” to “Highest”. The ‘F’ of the word “Free” within the title should be a lower case “f’” rather than an uppercase “F”. The authors would like to thank the reader for identifying these issues and to apologise for any inconvenience caused.