The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment

In the common use of the expression, to prove means to test, to check, as a way of demonstrating. These days, the criminal proceedings, in order to achieve the nearest demonstration to the certainty or, in legal language, to the material truth, uses some tools of mathematical field for giving more s...

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Main Author: Ana Sánchez-Rubio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual Penal 2018-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal
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Online Access:http://www.ibraspp.com.br/revista/index.php/RBDPP/article/view/118
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description In the common use of the expression, to prove means to test, to check, as a way of demonstrating. These days, the criminal proceedings, in order to achieve the nearest demonstration to the certainty or, in legal language, to the material truth, uses some tools of mathematical field for giving more strength to evidentiary result. In this regard, the probability product of statistics is increasingly occupying a major role. This paper aims to reveal the hazards that involve trusting completely of numerical data in legal assessment, particularly if the parties of the proceedings misinterpret mathematical results, since that could seriously influence on the judicial decision foundation.
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spelling doaj-art-1c2fa1f4f27c44a8939d9b8717b58e412025-08-20T03:32:53ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual PenalRevista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal2525-510X2018-03-014118321410.22197/rbdpp.v4i1.11872The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessmentAna Sánchez-Rubio0Universidad Pablo de Olavide - Sevilla/EspañaIn the common use of the expression, to prove means to test, to check, as a way of demonstrating. These days, the criminal proceedings, in order to achieve the nearest demonstration to the certainty or, in legal language, to the material truth, uses some tools of mathematical field for giving more strength to evidentiary result. In this regard, the probability product of statistics is increasingly occupying a major role. This paper aims to reveal the hazards that involve trusting completely of numerical data in legal assessment, particularly if the parties of the proceedings misinterpret mathematical results, since that could seriously influence on the judicial decision foundation.http://www.ibraspp.com.br/revista/index.php/RBDPP/article/view/118PruebaVerosimilitudProbabilidad lógicaProbabilidad estadísticaTeorema de Bayes.
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The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal
Prueba
Verosimilitud
Probabilidad lógica
Probabilidad estadística
Teorema de Bayes.
title The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
title_full The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
title_fullStr The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
title_full_unstemmed The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
title_short The hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
title_sort hazards of using probability and statistics like tools for legal assessment
topic Prueba
Verosimilitud
Probabilidad lógica
Probabilidad estadística
Teorema de Bayes.
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