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THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY STATISTICS AND LAW SECTION INAUGURAL MEETING MAY 1ST, 2.00 - 4.00 p.m. Lecture Theatre, Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street (entrance on Lamb’s Buildings) London EC1Y 8LX Visions for the future Professor C.G.G. Aitken, (Forensic Statistics, University of Edinburgh) Professor G. Jackson (Forensic Science, University of Abertay) Professor P. Roberts (Criminal Jurisprudence, University of Nottingham) The Statistics and Law working group of the Royal Statistical Society was set up in 2005 following a series of high-profile criminal cases involving sudden unexpected deaths in infancy. Over the last few years, the group has written a series of four reports on ‘Communicating and Interpreting Statistical Evidence in the Administration of Criminal Justice’, published by the Royal Statistical Society with the support of the Nuffield Foundation. Following the publication of these reports, the group was wound up and recreated as a Section of the Society. This is the inaugural meeting of the Section. The three main authors of the reports will present their ideas for the future activities of the Section and look for a lively discussion on the role of statistics in the law. The reports are available as pdf files from www.rss.org.uk/statsandlaw Tea and coffee will be available before the seminar. If you plan to attend, please register by email to [log in to unmask] Any enquiries please contact Colin Aitken (see below) Travel Information: The nearest tube stations are Moorgate, Old Street, Liverpool Street and Barbican. -- Professor Colin Aitken, Professor of Forensic Statistics, School of Mathematics, King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD. 0131 650 4877; [log in to unmask] http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~cgga The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.