ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1977
Page Count: 14

Detection of Gunshot Residue Particles from the Hands of a Shooter
Kilty, JW
Research physicist and special agent, Elemental Analysis Unit, FBI Laboratory,

Matricardi, VR
Research physicist and special agent, Elemental Analysis Unit, FBI Laboratory,

(Received 2 February 1977; accepted 19 April 1977)

Abstract

The identification of gunshot residue (GSR) is a topic of great interest to the police officer and prosecutor and a problem for the criminalist. The police officer and prosecutor want a test that will demonstrate the existence of GSR on a subject's hands. The difficulty for the criminalist is in associating the quantitative amounts of the GSR-indicating elements (barium, antimony, and lead) exclusively with GSR. In this paper a technique is described that tries to identify as GSR the individual particles which are part of the components of the smoke emanating from the discharge of a firearm.

Keywords:

Paper ID: JFS10411J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10411J
ASTM International is a member of CrossRef.