Database crime to crime match rate calculation

John Buckleton; Jo-Anne Bright; Simon J Walsh

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.12.002

Database crime to crime match rate calculation

Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2009 Jun;3(3):200-1. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.12.002. Epub 2009 Jan 19.

Authors

John Buckleton¹, Jo-Anne Bright, Simon J Walsh

Affiliation

¹ ESR, Private Bag, 92021 Auckland, New Zealand. John.buckleton@esr.cri.nz

PMID: 19414169
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.12.002

Abstract

Guidance exists on how to count matches between samples in a crime sample database but we are unable to locate a definition of how to estimate a match rate. We propose a method that does not proceed from the match counting definition but which has a strong logic.

MeSH terms

Crime*
DNA / genetics
DNA / isolation & purification*
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
Databases, Genetic*
Forensic Medicine
Humans
Logic*
Models, Statistical*

Substances

DNA