Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Forensic Epistemology: Studying the Crime Scene

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Illes, Mike, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul J, Degree committee member (dgc): Bruce, Catherine, Degree committee member (dgc): Kyle, Chris, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Forensic epistemology is the study of knowledge as it relates to forensic science and can be broken into four sources; intuitive, authoritative, logical and empirical. In a four-phase research approach, I explored reasoning skills (logical knowledge) used by crime scene experts and methods (empirical knowledge) for forensic case-specific experimentation. First, the reasoning skills of… more
Full Text: FORENSIC EPISTEMOLOGY: STUDYING THE CRIME SCENE A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences TRENT UNIVERSITY …