Ssurveys {fitPS}

Size 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 five objects of class psData—see readData for more details. The elements of the list are named: jackson, lau, 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.

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.

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.

Coulson SA, Buckleton JS, Gummer AB, Triggs CM (20011). “Glass on clothing and shoes of members of the general population and people suspected of breaking crimes.” Science & Justice, 41(1), 39–48. doi:10.1016/S1355-0306(01)71847-3.

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.