Normative decision analysis in forensic science

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serval:BIB_CBB1183032A2
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Publications
Institution
Titre
Normative decision analysis in forensic science
Périodique
Artificial Intelligence and Law
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Biedermann Alex, Bozza Silvia, Taroni Franco
ISSN
0924-8463
1572-8382
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
03/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
28
Numéro
1
Pages
7-25
Langue
anglais
Résumé
This paper focuses on the normative analysis—in the sense of the classic decision-theoretic formulation—of decision problems that arise in connection with forensic expert reporting. We distinguish this analytical account from other common types of decision analyses, such as descriptive approaches. While decision theory is, since several decades, an extensively discussed topic in legal literature, its use in forensic science is more recent, and with an emphasis on goals such as the analysis of the logical structure of forensic expert conclusions regarding, for example, propositions of common source of evidential and known materials. Typical examples are so-called identification (or, individualization) decisions, especially categorical conclusions according to which fingermarks (or stains of biological nature, handwriting, etc.) come from a particular a person of interest. We will present and compare ways of stating forensic identification decisions in decision-theoretic terms and explain their underlying rationale. In particular, we will emphasize the importance of viewing this analysis as normative in the sense of providing a reflective rather than a prescriptive reference point against which people in charge of forensic identification decisions may compare their otherwise (possibly) intuitive and informal reasoning, before acting. Normative decision analysis in forensic science thus provides a vector through which current practice can be articulated, scrutinized and rethought.
Mots-clé
Law, Artificial Intelligence
Financement(s)
Fonds national suisse / BSSGI0_155809
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12/03/2020 1:19
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12/03/2020 7:10
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