The usability and effectiveness of the Finnish investigative instrument of child sexual abuse in mock evaluations

The Finnish investigative instrument of child sexual abuse (FICSA) is a computerized tool that uses Bayesian statistics to provide a base rate for an alleged child sexual abuse (CSA), using population-level information about correlates of CSA. FICSA can, thus, assist decision-making in investigations of CSA. Using mock-scenarios, we compared the ability of forensic experts who evaluate CSA allegations using traditional methods and students to...