Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Criminalists and many forensic scientists concerned with the identification of trace evidence have distinguished between identification and individualization, but they have not distinguished as precisely between individualization and uniqueness. This paper clarifies these terms and discusses the relationships among identification, individualization, and uniqueness in forensic-science evidence.

Comments

This article was originally published at 8 Law, Prob. & Risk 85.

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