Download This PaperIdentification, Individualization, Uniqueness
Law, Probability & Risk, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 85-94, 2009
19 Pages Posted: 30 Jun 2009 Last revised: 15 Feb 2010
Date Written: June 26, 2009
Abstract
Criminalists and many forensic scientists concerned with the identification of trace evidence have distinguished between identification and individualization, but they have not distinguished as precisely between individualization and uniqueness. This paper clarifies these terms and discusses the relationships among identification, individualization, and uniqueness in forensic-science evidence.
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Keywords: forensic science. evidence, fingerprints, toolmarks, individualization, probability
JEL Classification: C19
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