The lack of an objective mathematical foundation is a critical issue in a scenario where the quality of evidences can strongly affect a court trial and the life of people involved in that trial. This paper introduces the very first formal representation of BPA by means of an optimisation ...
as well as crime scene and laboratory check lists, and biohazard safety precautions x Discloses court decisions relating to bloodstain pattern analysis and presumptive blood testing x Written by authors with many years of experience in the field, and features chapters contributed by qualified and re...
bloodstain pattern analysiscourtroom testimonylikelihood ratiostatisticsThere is an apparent paradox that the likelihood ratio (LR) approach is an appropriate measure of the weight of evidence when forensic findings have to be evaluated in court, while it is typically not used by bloodstain pattern ...
(BPA) as a crime solving tool across different geographical locations and investigative departments; to research a relationship between the officer's age, education and experience as factors in the decision to use bloodstain pattern analysis, and to assess the benefits of BPA when applied to the ...