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Ballistic imaging / Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database ; Daniel L. Cork ... [et al.], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic ballistics--Atlases--Data processing--Government policy--United States.
- Forensic ballistics.
- Bullets--Identification--Databases.
- Bullets.
- Images, Photographic--Databases.
- Images, Photographic.
- Electronic records--United States--Management--Data processing.
- Electronic records.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. The book evaluates the current law enforcement database of images of crime-related cartridge cases and bullets and recommends ways to improve the usefulness of the technology for suggesting leads in criminal investigations. It also advises against the construction of a national reference database that would include images from test-fires of every newly manufactured or imported firearm in the United States. The book also suggests further research on an alternate method for generating an investigative lead to the location where a gun was first sold: "microstamping," the direct imprinting of unique identifiers on firearm parts or ammunition.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Context for ballistic imaging analysis
- pt. 2. Current ballistic imaging and databases
- pt. 3. Implications for a national reference ballistic image database
- pt. 4. Future directions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611726751
- 9780309134316
- 0309134315
- 9781281726759
- 1281726753
- 9780309117258
- 0309117259
- OCLC:
- 923278824
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