In this event we aim to explore the development of graphical methods for evidence evaluation, the extent to which they are used and the limitations that may have hampered their adoption in practice. We will have three talks covering three different viewpoints: statistical, forensic scientific and legal.
Much progress has been made in the development of graphical modelling approaches for decision making in statistics and the law in the research community. One example of this is the use of Bayesian Networks for the evaluation of forensic evidence types such as DNA, glass evidence, fibres and fingerprints. However, use of these methods in practice has been limited, for example by the need for bespoke datasets to inform the probabilities inherent in such networks.
Programme:
13.00- 13.30 Statistical Perspective, Professor Jim Smith
13.30-14.00 Forensic Scientific Perspective, Professor Bas Kokshoorn
14.00-14.30 Legal Perspective, Professor Angela Daly
14.30-15.00 Panel discussion
[Titles and abstracts to be confirmed]
Professor Jim Smith, University of Warwick and Turing Institute
Professor Bas Kokshoorn, Netherlands Forensic Institute and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Professor Angela Daly, University of Dundee