Kyriakos Kotsoglou

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• 2025

  A necessary evil? Polygraph interviews, SHPOs and the scope of prohibition requirements: R v David (Owen Huw) [2023] EWCA Crim 1561

  Kotsoglou, K., 4 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The International Journal of Evidence & Proof. p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Falling behind the PACE: Lie-Detectors, Policing and Lack of Foreseeability - An FOI based Study

  Kotsoglou, K. N. & Oswald, M., 6 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Legal Studies. p. 1-21 21 p.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• More on digital evidence exceptionalism: Critique of the argument-based method for evaluative opinions

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K. N., 1 Jun 2025, In: Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. 53, 9 p., 301885.

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• Scientific imperialism : “The judge made me do it!”

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K. N., 1 Mar 2025, In: Science & Justice. 65, 2, p. 119-125 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2024

  College of Policing Data Ethics and Data-Driven Technologies APP Consultation: Response from Marion Oswald, Muffy Calder, Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou, Michael Maher, Carole McCartney, Kyle Montague, Claire Paterson-Young and Elizabeth Tiarks on behalf of ‘PROBabLE Futures: Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures’ Responsible AI UK Keystone Project and Rosamund Powell, Research Associate on behalf of the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security, The Alan Turing Institute

  Oswald, M., Calder, M., Kotsoglou, K., Maher, M., McCartney, C., Montague, K., Paterson-Young, C., Tiarks, E. & Powell, R., 3 Oct 2024, (Submitted)

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• Commentary on “Three-Way ROCs for Forensic Decision Making” by Nicholas Scurich and Richard S. John (in: Statistics and Public Policy)

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K., Jan 2024, In: Statistics and Public Policy. 11, 1, p. 1-4 4 p., 2288166.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

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• Polygraph-based deception detection and Machine Learning. Combining the Worst of Both Worlds?

  Kotsoglou, K. N. & Biedermann, A., 13 Jun 2024, In: Forensic Science International: Synergy. 9, p. 1-9 9 p., 100479.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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• PROBabLE Futures Response to HMICFRS Consultation on Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29

  McCartney, C., Oswald, M., Paterson-Young, C., Kotsoglou, K. & Tiarks, E., 25 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press) 3 p. Birmingham : HMICFRS.

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• The unassailable nature of ground truth in scientific research: Response to Asonov et al.

  Kotsoglou, K. N. & Biedermann, A., 2024, In: Forensic Science International: Synergy. 9, 3 p., 100556.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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• 2023

  Non Crime Hate Incidents: Private Language or Reasonable Foreseeability?

  Kotsoglou, K., 6 Dec 2023, In: Criminal Law Review. 1, p. 26-42 14 p.

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• The Forbidden Chains of Probabilistic Reasoning: R v Ben Belhaj-Farhat [2022] EWCA Crim 115

  Kotsoglou, K., 1 Apr 2023, In: The Journal of Criminal Law. 87, 2, p. 140-144 5 p.

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• The Specific Evidence Rule: Reference Classes – Individuals – Personal Autonomy

  Kotsoglou, K. N., 1 Jan 2023, In: Quaestio facti . 4, p. 11-37 28 p.

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  • Classes 100%
  • References 83%
  • Decision-Making 16%
  • Reasoning 16%
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• 2022

  (Un-)Interpretability in Expert Evidence: An Inquiry into the Frontiers of Evidential Assessment

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K., 2022, In: Quaestio facti . 3, p. 1-35 35 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Evidence 100%
  • Adjudication 22%
  • Law 11%
  • Purpose 11%
  • Boundaries 11%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  37 Downloads (Pure)

• Inroads into the Ultimate Issue Rule? Structural Elements of Communication between Experts and Fact-Finders

  Kotsoglou, K. & Biedermann, A., 1 Aug 2022, In: The Journal of Criminal Law. 86, 4, p. 223-240 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Experts 100%
  • Evidence 80%
  • Crime 60%
  • Decision Making 40%
  • Legal Decision 40%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  241 Downloads (Pure)

• Law & Technology: Should Legal Officials be The Long Arm of the Algorithm?

  Kotsoglou, K., 30 Mar 2022, 7 p. London : HM Government.

  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

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  • Law 100%
  • Technology 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  • Legal Official 100%
  • Lawyer 50%
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• The Lectern and the Pulpit: Mind the Gap!

  Kotsoglou, K. & Cadore, R., 2022, International Journal of Constitutional Law.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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• 2021

  Are lie detector tests for terrorists really a good idea?

  Kotsoglou, K. & Oswald, M., 24 Feb 2021, The Spectator.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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  • Polygraph 100%
  • Sex Offender 40%
  • Worry 20%
  • Domestic Violence 20%
  • Due Process 20%

• Capturing Debate Dynamics: Complexity Theory and Emergent Learning in Legal Education

  Kotsoglou, K., 2021, In: International Journal of Complexity in Education. 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Complexity Theory 100%
  • Legal Education 60%
  • Discussion 40%
  • Students 40%
  • Understanding 20%

• Decision Theory, Relative Plausibility and the Criminal Standard of Proof

  Biedermann, A., Caruso, D. & Kotsoglou, K., 1 Jul 2021, In: Criminal Law and Philosophy. 15, 2, p. 131-157 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Legal Decision 100%
  • Perspective 66%
  • Decision 66%
  • Relative 66%
  • Plausibility 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Forensic science and the principle of excluded middle: “Inconclusive decisions” and the structure of error rate studies

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K. N., 2021, In: Forensic Science International: Synergy. 3, 11 p., 100147.

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  • Decision 100%
  • Error Rate 71%
  • Experts 57%
  • Science 42%
  • Attempt 28%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)

• H χρηση DNA στην ποινικη αποδειξη

  Translated title of the contribution: Use of DNA Evidence in the Criminal ProcessKotsoglou, K., 2021, Athens: Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη. 158 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • DNA 100%
  • Element 16%
  • Judgement 16%

• Not ‘very English’: On the Use of the Polygraph by the Penal System in England and Wales

  Kotsoglou, K. & Oswald, M., 1 Jun 2021, In: The Journal of Criminal Law. 85, 3, p. 189-208 20 p.

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  • Polygraph 100%
  • UK 50%
  • Procedure 25%
  • Legal Order 25%
  • Aspiration 25%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  245 Downloads (Pure)

• The Use of the Polygraph in the Penal System of England and Wales

  Kotsoglou, K., 26 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) 4 p.

  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

• To the Exclusion of All Others? DNA Profile and Transfer Mechanics – R v Jones (William Francis) [2020] EWCA Crim 1021 (03 Aug 2020)

  Kotsoglou, K. & McCartney, C., 1 Apr 2021, In: The International Journal of Evidence & Proof. 25, 2, p. 135-140 6 p.

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  • DNA 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  94 Downloads (Pure)

• Zombie forensics: the use of the polygraph and the integrity of the criminal justice system in England and Wales

  Kotsoglou, K., 1 Jan 2021, In: The International Journal of Evidence & Proof. 25, 1, p. 16-35 20 p.

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  • Polygraph Test 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2020

  Accepting/Rejecting Unchallenged Expert Evidence: The Decision-Making Prerogative: R v Charlene Sargeant [2019] EWCA Crim 1088

  Kotsoglou, K., 1 Feb 2020, In: The Journal of Criminal Law. 84, 1, p. 86-89 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21: Written Evidence: Dr Kyriakos N Kotsoglou, Senior Lecturer in Law (Criminal Evidence), Northumbria University and Marion Oswald, Vice Chancellor's Senior Fellow in Law, Northumbria University (CTSB01)

  Kotsoglou, K. & Oswald, M., 26 Jun 2020, 6 p. London : Parliamentary Publications.

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• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2020: Further written evidence submitted by Dr Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou, Senior Lecturer in Law (Criminal Evidence), Northumbria University, and Marion Oswald, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Fellow in Law, Northumbria University (CTSB10)

  Oswald, M. & Kotsoglou, K., 3 Jul 2020

  Research output: Other contribution

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• Digital Evidence Exceptionalism? A review and discussion of conceptual hurdles in digital evidence transformation

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K., 2020, In: Forensic Science International: Synergy. 2, p. 262-274 13 p.

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  • Digital Evidence 100%
  • Transformations 50%
  • Forensics 50%
  • Digital Investigation 50%
  • Descriptors 25%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)

• DNA und Beweiswürdigung: Der statistische Rubikon und die Dogmatik der Identitätsfeststellung (§§ 81e, 81g, 261 StPO)

  Translated title of the contribution: DNA as Criminal Evidence: The Statistical Rubicon and the Dogmatics of IndividualisationKotsoglou, K., Biedermann, A. & Vuille, J., 27 Nov 2020, In: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft. 132, 4, p. 891-937

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• DNA και Καταλογισμός Πατρότητας: Res ipsa loquitur?

  Translated title of the contribution: DNA-Profiles and Proof of Paternity: Does the DNA-profile speak for itself?Kotsoglou, K., 2 Oct 2020, (Unpublished) Εφαρμογές Αστικού Δικαίου.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  • DNA 100%
  • Adjudication 50%
  • Tenidap 25%
  • Analysis 25%
  • Evaluation Study 25%

• Ein bisschen ›Sein‹, ein bisschen ›Sollen‹? Die Widerlegung eines rechtsdogmatischen Satzes durch Empirie gibt es nicht

  Kotsoglou, K., 1 May 2020, Myops, 39, p. 50-60 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Proof Beyond a Context-Relevant Doubt: A Structural Analysis of the Standard of Proof in Criminal Adjudication

  Kotsoglou, K., Mar 2020, In: Artificial Intelligence and Law. 28, 1, p. 111-133 23 p.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

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• The long arm of the algorithm? Automated Facial Recognition as evidence and trigger for police intervention

  Kotsoglou, K. & Oswald, M., Jan 2020, In: Forensic Science International: Synergy. 2, p. 86-89 4 p.

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  • Deployment 100%
  • Legal Decision 100%
  • Identification 100%
  • Intervention 100%
  • Decision Maker 100%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2019

  DNA και Ποινική Απόδειξη: Η δογματική του 200Α ΚΠΔ

  Kotsoglou, K., 2019, In: The Art of Crime. 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2018

  Artificial Intelligence sells… But do we really need to buy?

  Kotsoglou, K., 2018, The Art of Crime, 2.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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• Common Sense, Criminal Justice and Accountability. Blinking into the Black Box

  Kotsoglou, K., 30 Nov 2018, The Art of Crime, 2018, 7.

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  • Adjudication 100%
  • Decision 66%
  • Common Sense 50%
  • Crime 33%
  • Responsibility 33%
  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Decisional Dimensions in Expert Witness Testimony: A Structural Analysis

  Biedermann, A. & Kotsoglou, K., 31 Oct 2018, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 9, 15 p., 2073.

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  • Aspiration 100%
  • Attention 50%
  • Judgement 50%
  • Reasoning 50%
  • Decision-Making Process 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Master of Puppets? Normentheorie – Strafrechtsdogmatik – Normenbefolgung

  Kotsoglou, K., 2018, Normentheorie und Strafrecht. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Commentary: Federal Labour Court [2009] – 8 AZR 1012/08.

  Kotsoglou, K., 2017, In: Frontiers in Sociology. 2017

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Das Fehlurteil gibt es nicht Zur Aufgabe des Tatrichters

  Translated title of the contribution: There is no such thing as a miscarriage of justiceKotsoglou, K., 22 Mar 2017, In: Juristenzeitung. 72, 3, p. 123-132 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Spontaneous Abortion 100%

• Strafe ohne Schuld: Strafe ohne Schuld. Zur Problematik der Wahlfeststellung

  Kotsoglou, K., 2017, Strafbegründung und Ausschluss. Duncker & Humblot, p. 199 214 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Strafrechtsdogmatik und Allgemeinverständlichkeit. Wer hat die Deutungshoheit über die Rechtsbegriffe?

  Kotsoglou, K., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik. 14, p. 248 256 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Syntax of Legal Exceptions: How the Absence of Proof is a Proof of Absence Thereof

  Kotsoglou, K., 3 Apr 2017, In: Transnational Legal Theory. 8, 2, p. 119-145

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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• Torture works? Beccaria's Forgotten Lesson

  Kotsoglou, K., 2017, Torture Magazine, 1, p. 19 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Αρχές μιας δομικής θεώρησης των διαπραγματεύσεων στην ποινική δίκη

  Kotsoglou, K., 2017, In: Ποινικά Χρονικά. p. 722 733 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• ‘Amalia Amaya, The Tapestry of Reason: An Inquiry into the Nature of Coherence and its Role in Legal Argument, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2015.

  Kotsoglou, K., 2017, In: Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. p. 431 435 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• 2016

  Numerical Comparative Law?

  Kotsoglou, K., 2016, In: Myops. p. 12 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2015

  Das schweigende Strafrecht: Über die Auflösung des Streits über die ‚richtige‘ Straftheorie

  Kotsoglou, K., 2015, Strafrecht als interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co, p. 11 34 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Forensische Erkenntnistheorie: Der Inferentielle Kontextualismus und die Funktion der kontext-relevanten Zweifel im Strafverfahren

  Translated title of the contribution: Philosophy of Evidence Law: Inferential Contextualism and the Function of context-relevant Doubts in Criminal ProcessKotsoglou, K., 2015, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 360 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review