William C. Thompson

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

Professor

Irvine, CA

United States

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

DNA Evidence in the O.J. Simpson Trial

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 67, 827-857 (1996)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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DNA, statistic, evidence, trial, jury, media

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Forensic DNA Evidence: The Myth of Infallibility

Sheldon Krimsky & Jeremy Gruber (Eds.) Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense, Harvard University Press, 2013
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
Downloads 1,898 (18,261)
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DNA, identification, error, contamination, forensic, statistic, frame

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The Daubert/Kumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion

California Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 1, January 2002
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2021
Seton Hall Law School, Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of California, Riverside (UCR) - Department of Psychology
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Evidence, experts, forensic science, observer effects, context effects, expectation, suggestion, Kumho

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Beyond Bad Apples: Analyzing the Role of Forensic Science in Wrongful Convictions

Southwestern University Law Review, Vol. 37, 971-994, 2009
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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wrongful conviction, error, evidence, forensic science, organizational theory, bad apple, Houston, crime laboratory

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Assessing the Admissibility of a New Generation of Forensic Voice Comparison Testimony

Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 12 Dec 2016
Forensic Evaluation LtdForensic Data Science Laboratory, Aston University and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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Forensic Voice Comparison, Voiceprint, Automatic Speaker Recognition, Admissibility, Daubert, Frye

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Lay Understanding of Forensic Statistics: Evaluation of Random Match Probabilities, Likelihood Ratios, and Verbal Equivalents

Law and Human Behavior, 2015, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-82
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Oct 2015
William C. Thompson and Eryn Newman
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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Bayesian models, evidence, forensic science, jury decision making, probability

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Forensic DNA Statistics: Still Controversial in Some Cases

The Champion, Dec. 2012, pp. 12-23., UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2013-122
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2013
William C. Thompson, Laurence Mueller and Dan Krane
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine and Wright State University
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forensic, DNA, evidence, statistic, error, drop out, LCN, low template, Cybergenetics

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What Role Should Investigative Facts Play in the Evaluation of Scientific Evidence

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 43(2-3): 123--134 (2011)., UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2010-25
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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context, bias, blind, observer effect, domain-relevant, case manager

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Evaluating and Challenging Forensic Identification Evidence

The Champion (July 2006), National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, pp.12-21
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Dec 2012
William A. Tobin and William C. Thompson
Forensic Engineering International and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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forensic, identification evidence, evidentiary comparisons, bullet lead, CBLA

10.

Forensic Bitemark Identification: Weak Foundations, Exaggerated Claims

Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, 538-575, Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-23
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2020
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Private Practice of Dentistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), Johns Hopkins University - School of Hygiene and Public Health, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of Arizona, Northwestern University, School of Law & American Bar Foundation, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, UC Law, San Francisco, UC Law, San Francisco, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Duke University School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Davis - School of Law, The Forensic Institute, University of Virginia, Tufts University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, George Washington University - Law School, New York University School of Law, Office of the Medical Examiner, Tarrant County, TX, California State University, Los Angeles, Seton Hall Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, University of California, Irvine - Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, San Jose State University, Northwestern University and University of New Mexico
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admissibility, bite mark, expert evidence, forensic science

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How Cross-Examination on Subjectivity and Bias Affects Jurors’ Evaluations of Forensic Science Evidence

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Feb 2019
William C. Thompson and Nicholas Scurich
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology
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Do Jurors Give Appropriate Weight to Forensic Identification Evidence?

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2013-124
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 10 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2013
William C. Thompson, Suzanne O. Kaasa and Tiamoyo Peterson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Northrop Grumman Technical Services/Defense Personnel Security Research Center and University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
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forensic science, jury, DNA, statistic, evidence, Bayes, probability, decision making, judgment

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When Does Absence of Evidence Constitute Evidence of Absence?

Forensic Science International, Forthcoming, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2018-56
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Sep 2018
William C. Thompson and Nicholas Scurich
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology
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Forensic science, trace evidence, inference, Bayesian, Popper, likelihood ratio

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Discussion Paper: Hard Cases Make Bad Law -- Reactions to R v. T

Law, Probability and Risk (2012) 11, 347-359, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2013-123
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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law, evidence, statistics, Bayes, likelihood ratio, probability, source, forensic science, shoeprint

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The National Research Council's Plan to Strengthen Forensic Science: Does the Path forward Run through the Courts?

Jurimetrics, Vol. 50, 35-51, 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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forensic science, national research council, validation, evidence, admissibility

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Mock Jurors' Reactions to Selective Presentation of Evidence from Multiple-Opportunity Searches

Law & Human Behavior, Vol. 30, No. 455-468, 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2011
Jonathan J. Koehler and William C. Thompson
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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Selection, Juror bias, Juror decision making

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Turning a Blind Eye to Misleading Scientific Testimony: Failure of Procedural Safeguards in a Capital Case

Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 18, 151-204, 2008
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson and Rachel Dioso-Villa
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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evidence, DNA, post-conviction, miscarriage of justice, appeal, death penalty, criminal procedure

18.

Uncertainty in probabilistic genotyping of low template DNA: A Case Study Comparing STRMix and TrueAllele

J. Forensic Sci. 2023;00:1-15.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Jul 2023
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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likelihood ratio, misleading report, probabilistic genotyping, statistical model, STR analysis, STRMix, TrueAllele, validation

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What Role Should Investigative Facts Play in the Evaluation of Forensic Science Evidence

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 43(2-3): 123-134 (2011)
Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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evidence, forensic science, context, bias, blind procedures, observer effect, domain-relevant, case

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Painting the Target Around the Matching Profile: The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy in Forensic Dna Interpretation

Law, Probability & Risk, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 257-276, 2009.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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DNA evidence, frequency, likelihood ratio, fallacy, sequential unmasking, DNA profile, bias, error, statistics, ACE-V

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 190
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Response to False Statements Posted on SSRN by Mark Perlin, CEO of Cybergenetics, and His Employees

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2023
William C. Thompson
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society
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Probabilistic genotyping, statistical model, likelihood ratio, STR analysis, validation, misleading report, STRMix, TrueAllele