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The task of a jury in assessing the guilt of a defendant is formalized, using the probability calculus, and applied to a simple situation in forensic medicine. The problem of obtaining the base probabilities is also discussed.
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© 1975 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Lindley, D.V. (1975). Probabilities and the Law. In: Wendt, D., Vlek, C. (eds) Utility, Probability, and Human Decision Making. Theory and Decision Library, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1834-0_13
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