Fit Zeta Distributions to Forensic Data

• NCJ Number: 310634
• Date Published: July 2025
• Length: 27 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2019-DU-BX-0015
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Corporate Author: West Virginia University Research Corporation
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Country: United States of America

Abstract

Fits Zeta distributions (discrete power laws) to data that arises from forensic surveys of clothing on the presence of glass and paint in various populations.