Statistical guides


The RSS Statistics and the Law Section has produced several guides for law practitioners around the use of statistics.

Law practitioner guides
The guides look at communicating and interpreting statistical evidence in the administration of criminal justice. They are intended to assist judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and other expert witnesses in coping with the demands of modern criminal litigation.

The four practitioner guides are:

ICCA / RSS guide: Statistics and probability for advocates
Statistics and probability for advocates: understanding the use of statistical evidence in courts and tribunals is an introductory guide for advocates produced by the Society with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.