Database crime to crime match rate calculation.
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.
ESR, Private Bag, 92021 Auckland, New Zealand. John.buckleton@esr.cri.nz
John
J
Buckleton
Jo-Anne
JA
Bright
Simon J
SJ
Walsh
D003415:Crime; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D015233:Models, Statistical
D004247:DNA