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Volume 42, Issue 3 (May 1997)

ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 9


Firearm and Toolmark Identification Criteria: A Review of the Literature
Nichols, RG
Criminalist III, CA

(Received 9 July 1996; accepted 9 September 1996)

Abstract

A review of the literature pertaining to identification criteria for firearms and toolmark identification was performed. Thirty-four articles were reviewed including empirical studies of consecutively manufactured barrels, firing pins, breechfaces, and assorted tools. Also reviewed were mathematical and computer models developed for the purpose of developing a standard identification criteria. These articles are reviewed in a format to allow interested parties to learn what has been done in the field so as to permit a better articulation of their own criteria for identification.



Keywords:
forensic science, criminalistics, firearms, toolmarks, identification criteria

Paper ID: JFS14149J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14149J
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