Statistical guides

The RSS Statistics and the Law Section has produced several guides for law practitioners around the use of statistics.

Law practitioner guides
The guides look at communicating and interpreting statistical evidence in the administration of criminal justice. They are intended to assist judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and other expert witnesses in coping with the demands of modern criminal litigation.

The four practitioner guides are:

• Guide 1 – ‘Fundamentals of probability and statistical evidence in criminal proceedings’ (PDF), November 2010
• Guide 2 – ‘Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence’ (PDF), March 2012
• Guide 3 – ‘The logic of forensic proof: inferential reasoning in criminal evidence and forensic science’ (PDF), May 2014
• Guide 4 – ‘Case assessment and interpretation of expert evidence’ (PDF), January 2015

ICCA / RSS guide: Statistics and probability for advocates
Statistics and probability for advocates: understanding the use of statistical evidence in courts and tribunals is an introductory guide for advocates produced by the Society with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.