D.H.Kaye 著  吴洪淇 译

【摘 要】本文描述了用于规范法庭科学证言的英美证据法,这些法庭科学证言主要是解释微量物证之匹配的重要性。本文根据即将出版的维基百科全书法庭科学卷部分改编。

【关键词】证据;可采性;多伯特;弗赖伊;解释;贝叶斯规则;似然比;父权指数;概率;群体出现频率

【中图分类号】D918.9

【文献标识码】A

【文章编号】1674-1226(2008)04-0474-06

The Interpretation of Matching Trace Evidence: A Legal Perspective.D.H.Kaye. Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, USA

【Abstract】The article describes the Anglo- American law of evidence as it applies to forensic- science testimony interpreting the significance of a “match”to trace evidence. It is adapted from the forthcoming Wiley En-cyclopedia of Forensic Science.

【Key Words】Evidence, Admissibility, Daubert,Frye, Interpretation, Bayes’rule, Likelihood ratio, Paternity index, Probability, Population frequency