title: Drawbacks in the scientification of forensic science.
abstract: This letter to the Editor comments on the article On the limitations of probability in conceptualizing pattern matches in forensic science by P. T. Jayaprakash (Forensic Science International, [10]).
authors.affiliation: University of Lausanne, Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, 1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland. Electronic address: alex.biedermann@unil.ch.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biedermann
authors.affiliation: The University of Auckland, Department of Statistics, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Curran
mesh_terms: D044707:Forensic Sciences; D006801:Humans; D011336:Probability
keywords: Forensic science; Probability; Statistics