@article{ref1,
title="The likelihood-ratio framework and forensic evidence in court: a response to R v T",
journal="International journal of evidence and proof",
year="2012",
author="Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="1-29",
abstract="In R v T the Court of Appeal concluded that the likelihood-ratio framework should not be used for the evaluation of evidence except 'where there is a firm statistical base'. The present article argues that the court's opinion is based on misunderstandings of statistics and of the likelihood-ratio framework for the evaluation of evidence. The likelihood-ratio framework is a logical framework and not itself dependent on the use of objective measurements, databases and statistical models. The ruling is analysed from the perspective of the new paradigm for forensic-comparison science: the use of the likelihood-ratio framework for the evaluation of evidence; a strong preference for the use of objective measurements, databases representative of the relevant population, and statistical models; and empirical testing of the validity and reliability of the forensic-comparison system under conditions reflecting those of the case at trial.<p />",
language="",
issn="1365-7127",
doi="10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.390",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.390"
}