Publication Date:
2015-06-03
Description:
A study by the authors of determining manner of death used a method novel to forensic pathology. This article details the method used. Drawing on the methodology of evidence-based medicine, data was systematically identified and pooled to provide a robust and substantial dataset of probabilities for forensic evidential features of gunshot wounds. This provided source data for a Bayesian analysis to determine the probable manner of death. We suggest the same method can be applied to a wide variety of evidence, meeting the need for strong and reliable data highlighted by R v . T and subsequent debate.
Print ISSN:
1470-8396
Electronic ISSN:
1470-840X
Topics:
Mathematics
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Law
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