Conclusion Language
Definition
The standardised five-level scale the ABFO recommends for bite-mark opinions: identification, consistent with, inconclusive, excluded, and unsuitable for comparison. Each level has a defined evidential meaning.
Related terms
- Bite-Mark Analysis
- A pattern-comparison discipline in which a forensic odontologist attempts to link a bite wound on a victim to the dentition of a...
- Daubert Standard
- The US federal evidentiary standard (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993) requiring that expert testimony be based on scientifically valid methods with...
- Dental Identification
- The process of comparing antemortem dental records (radiographs, charts, models) against postmortem dental findings to establish or exclude identity. When records are...
- Expert Witness
- A person whose specialised knowledge is accepted by a court and who gives opinion evidence, not just factual evidence. Forensic auditors frequently...
- Frye Standard
- The US legal test for admissibility of scientific evidence, originating from Frye v. United States (1923), which required that a technique be...
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- The Forensic Odontologist as Expert WitnessThe standardised five-level scale the ABFO recommends for bite-mark opinions: identification, consistent with, inconclusive, excluded, and unsuitable for compa...