Comments on the PCAST REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods – John Buckleton
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It was disappointing to see the dismissal by the committee of much of the work published by the STRmix developers. They seem to be only aware of some of the published body of work [1-33] We feel that this dismissal is a veiled accusation of bias, which challenges both the our scientific integrity and the scientific journal review process. The committee probably have no way of knowing that the STRmix developers all get no material benefit direct or indirect from STRmix. We are all salaried employees of our respective states and we certainly try to do honest reporting.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016