Commentary on A. P. A. Broeders (1999) ‘Some observations on the use of probability scales in forensic identification’, Forensic Linguistics 6(2): 228–41

Abstract

We thank Ton Broeders for inviting us to comment on the question of whether or not forensic experts should draw conclusions about the probability (or certainty) of a hypothesis. We cannot over-emphasize the importance of carefully considering this issue because the terminology used to describe the strength of evidence is intimately connected with the logical structure of forensic inference.