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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
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References

Books

Conan Doyle, A. (1903) The adventure of the dancing men and other Sherlock Holmes stories. Illustrated edn. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications Inc.

Hodgkinson, T. and James, M. (2020) Expert evidence: law and practice. 5th edn. London: Sweet & Maxwell.

Articles

Bayes, T. and Price, R. (1763) ‘An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances’, Philosophical Transactions, 53, pp. 370–418. Available at: doi:10.1098/rstl.1763.0053.

Gigerenzer, G. (1996) ‘The psychology of good judgment: frequency formats and simple algorithms’, Medical Decision Making, 16(3), pp. 273–280.

Hand, L. (1901) ‘Historical and practical considerations regarding expert testimony’, Harvard Law Review, 15(1), pp. 40–58.

Hoffrage, U. and Gigerenzer, G. (1998) ‘Using natural frequencies to improve diagnostic inferences’, Academic Medicine, 73(5), pp. 538–540.

Jackson, G., Aitken, C. and Roberts, P. (2015) Case assessment and interpretation of expert evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses. Practitioner Guide No 4. Royal Statistical Society. Available at: https://rss.org.uk/RSS/media/File-library/Publications/rss-case-assessment-interpretation-expert-evidence.pdf (Accessed: 1 September 2022).

Leverick, F. (2020) ‘What do we know about rape myths and juror decision making?’, The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 24(3), pp. 255–279. Available at: doi:10.1177/1365712720923157 (Accessed: 16 May 2022).

Mitchell, J. (2021) ‘The prosecutor’s fallacy: how flawed statistical evidence has been used to jail innocent people’, Cherwell, 2 May. Available at: https://www.cherwell.org/2021/05/02/the-prosecutors-fallacy-how-flawed-statistical-evidence-has-been-used-to-jail-innocent-people/ (Accessed: 16 May 2022).

Press Association (2017) ‘Expert witnesses jailed in London after perjury on “industrial scale”’, The Guardian, 16 June. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/16/expert-witnesses-jailed-perjury-cost-replacement-cars-insurance. (Accessed: 01 September 2022).

Thompson, W.C. (2012) ‘Discussion paper: hard cases make bad law – reactions to R v T’, Law, Probability & Risk, 11, pp. 347–360.

Ward, C. (2013) ‘Former aurora man found guilty of wife’s 1990 murder’, Chicago Tribune, 31 October. Available at: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/chi-former-aurora-man-found-guilty-of-wifes-1990-murder-20131030-story.html (Accessed: 01 September 2022).

Other sources

Law Commission (2011) Expert evidence in criminal proceedings in England and Wales (Law Com No 325, HC 829). London: The Stationery Office.

The Observer (2003) ‘The Clark case: the love that put doctors claims on trial’, 2 February. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/observer/focus/story/0,6903,887163,00.html (Accessed: 11 January 2023).

Woolf, H. and Lord Chancellor’s Department (1996) Access to justice: final report to the Lord Chancellor on the civil justice system in England and Wales. London: HMSO.