title: The subjectivist interpretation of probability and the problem of individualisation in forensic science.
abstract: This paper presents and discusses further aspects of the subjectivist interpretation of probability (also known as the 'personalist' view of probabilities) as initiated in earlier forensic and legal literature. It shows that operational devices to elicit subjective probabilities - in particular the so-called scoring rules - provide additional arguments in support of the standpoint according to which categorical claims of forensic individualisation do not follow from a formal analysis under that view of probability theory.
authors.affiliation: University of Lausanne, School of Criminal Justice, Lausanne, Switzerland. alex.biedermann@unil.ch
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biedermann
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garbolino
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taroni
mesh_terms: D044707:Forensic Sciences; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007600:Judgment; D011336:Probability