The Individualization Fallacy in Forensic Science Evidence
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چکیده
I. FOREWORD: THE TWO STEPS IN FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION .................................................................. 199 II. THE INDIVIDUALIZATION FALLACY ...................................... 203 A. Reliance on the Notion of Individualization ........... 205 B. Origins and Evolution of the Notion of Individualization ..................................... 207 III. UNPROVED AND PERHAPS UNPROVABLE.............................. 208 IV. OLD NEWS ........................................................................... 214 V. WHAT TO DO ........................................................................ 216 A. The Present .............................................................. 216 B. The Future ............................................................... 217 VI. CONCLUSION........................................................................ 218
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