of the use of statistical methods in legal and forensic setings, hypothesis testing for laboratory data, regression and calibration, how statistical methods can be used to calculate 'values' for evidence, the application of these methods to various specific forensic observations, sample size estimation, and what the future may hold for the development of application of the statistical sciences in forensic and legal contexts.
The cover depicts fingermarks, so a legitimate inference might be made that the book contains information about fingermarks and fingerprints. Sadly this is not the case, there are no mentions of either in the text.
Still, despite being slighty misleading, the cover is a typical piece of Wileys tasteful good design. The book may be ordered directly from Wileys in hardback , in paperback , or if you teach this sort of stuff they will send you one free (although if you do you should probably recommend that all of your students each buy multiple copies).
The idea behind this book is to fill a gap in the market for a general statistics book aimed at forensic scientists, lawyers and police officers. A less mathematical book on the interpretation of evidence is Robertson & Vignaux (1995) Interpreting Evidence: Evaluating Forensic Science in the Courtroom; John Wiley & Sons. A more mathematical book is that of Aitken & Taroini (2004) Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Forensic Scientists; John Wiley & Sons. Whilst a more specialist DNA book is that of Evett & Weir (1998) Interpreting DNA Evidence: Statistical Genetics for Forensic Scientists; Sinauer Associates Inc (and unfortunately out of print). A specialist glass interpretation book is: Curran, Hicks & Buckleton (2000) Forensic Interpretation of Glass Evidence; CRC Press. Whilst Finkelstein & Levin (2001) Statistics for Lawyers; Springer: is worth looking at for a United States perspective, although does not really cover evidence evaluation methods.
Unfortunately it is inevitable that some slight mistakes will be introduced into the text of a book during the process of turning it from a manuscript into a finished product. This book is no exception, so here is a .pdf of an erratum for the first impress of the first edition. Here is a.pdf of an erratum for the second impress of the first edition.