ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1983
Page Count: 5

The Manufacture and Examination of Hand-Operated Custom-Design Punches
Kraemer, JI
Document analyst and firearms and toolmark analyst, Metropolitan Police Department, DC

Voorhees, RS
Document analyst and firearms and toolmark analyst, Metropolitan Police Department, DC

(Received 20 January 1982; accepted 6 May 1982)

Abstract

The process used to fabricate hand-operated punches is described, with special emphasis given to those steps that render the design punched into various media easily distinguishable. Identification of a specific punch is accomplished by considering those designs and the individual marks they produce.

Keywords:
questioned documents, punches, toolmarks, striations

Paper ID: JFS12263J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12263J
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