Psurveys {fitPS}

Number of Groups of Glass Data

Description

Count data from six different surveys looking at the number of sources/groups of glass found on the upper surfaces of clothing taken from the general public.

Usage

data(Psurveys)

Format

A list with nine objects of class psData—see readData for more details. The elements of the list are named: coulson, jackson, lau, lewis.all, lewis.clothing, lewis.shoes, pettard, ross, and roux, corresponding to the lead author in each of the references given below. lau, pettard, and ross were taken from Coulson et al. (2001) rather than the original source. The three objects starting with lewis represent the combined data (all), the groups of glass found on the outer clothing (clothing), and the groups of glass found on shoes/footwear (shoes).

Source

Coulson, S. A., Buckleton, J. S., Gummer, A. B., and Triggs, C. M. (2001) doi:10.1016/S1355-0306(01)71847-3 Glass on clothing and shoes of members of the general population and people suspected of breaking crimes, Science & Justice, 41(1):39–48.

References

Lau L, Beveridge AD, Callowhill BC, Conners N, Foster K, Groves RJ, Ohashi KN, Sumner AM, Wong H (1997). “The Frequency of Occurrence of Paint and Glass on the Clothing of High School Students.” Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal, 30(4), 233–240. doi:10.1080/00085030.1997.10757103.

Lewis AD, Alexander LC, Ovide O, Duffett O, Curran JM, Buzzini P, Trejos T (2023). “A study on the occurrence of glass and paint across various cities in the United States—Part I: Background presence of glass in the general population.” Forensic Chemistry, 34, 100497. doi:10.1016/j.forc.2023.100497.

Petterd CI, McCallum I, Bradford L, Brinch K, Stewart S (1998). “Glass particles in the clothing of the general population in Canberra—a survey.” In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences.

Ross P, Nguyen H (1998). “A survey of clothing for the presence of glass fragments.” In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences.

Roux C, Kirk R, Benson S, Van Haren T, Petterd CI (2001). “Glass particles in footwear of members of the public in south-eastern Australia—a survey.” Forensic Science International, 116(2), 149–156. doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00355-8.

Jackson F, Maynard P, Cavanagh-Steer K, Dusting T, Roux C (2013). “A survey of glass found on the headwear and head hair of a random population vs. people working with glass.” Forensic Science International, 226(1), 125–131. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.12.017.