Место издания:International Society for Forensic Genetics Seoul
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Аннотация:Since neither forensic scientists nor judges have absolute criteria for the evaluation of the probability values, there is a room for the subjectivity of the assessment of the DNA analysis results. Despite each case is unique in its own way, fundamentally it is possible to define a scientifically ground threshold of identity and accept it as a standard as suggested by Perepechina (2002). The standard should be conservative in order to provide a reliable solution concerning identity regardless of the circumstances of the case. In the proposed model, with later refinements (Perepechina, 2014), the DNA identification standard is to be developed on the basis of the predetermined high consensual level of reliability, justified by the scientific community, which exactly meets the requirements of the national judicial system - this is the key point of the concept. As a technology of the choice of the standard, an analysis of a series of the equivalent probabilities is proposed which provide the assessing the risk of the identification error from different sides and, in some way, “visualize” it to those who make a choice of the criterion. In the current report we present an updated concept and discuss the aspects that have not been considered earlier. The outlined approach may be applicable not only to DNA analysis, but also to other areas of forensic identification.