TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Statistical challenges in the quantification of gunshot residue evidence
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Gauriot, Romain
A1  - Gunaratnam, Lawrence
A1  - Moroni, Rossana
A1  - Reinikainen, Tapani
A1  - Corander, Jukka
SP  - 1149
EP  - 1155
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
N2  - The discharging of a gun results in the formation of extremely small particles known as gunshot residues (GSR). These may be deposited on the skin and clothing of the shooter, on other persons present, and on nearby items or surfaces. Several factors and their complex interactions affect the number of detectable GSR particles, which can deeply influence the conclusions drawn from likelihood ratios or posterior probabilities for prosecution hypotheses of interest. We present Bayesian network models for casework examples and demonstrate that probabilistic quantification of GSR evidence can be very sensitive to the assumptions concerning the model structure, prior probabilities, and the likelihood components. This finding has considerable implications for the use of statistical quantification of GSR evidence in the legal process.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12179
ID  - ref1
ER  -