Ballistic fingerprint
Building More Reliable Forensic Sciences, Part 1
March 2023
Series
The scientific basis of several aspects of forensic evidence was first called into question by the 2009 National Research Council report. That report had an immediate impact on law enforcement, crime labs, courtrooms, and the broader scientific community.
A Century of Ballistics Comparison Giving Way to Virtual 3D Methods
Date Published
March 23, 2022
New systems allow high-definition scans of bullets and cartridge cases to be shared and compared virtually.
A Century of Ballistics Comparison Giving Way to Virtual 3D Methods
Date Published
March 2022
Agencies
NIJ
Reference Ballistic Toolmark Database for Research and Development of Identification Systems and Confidence Limits
2013-R2R-4843
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$256,079
Ballistic Fingerprints on File
Date Published
2004
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Advanced Scan Matching, Scalable Search, and Visualization Tools for the Analysis of 3D Scans of Cartridge Casings in Firearm Forensics
Date Published
July 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Opening the Black Box of NIBIN - Research for the Real World Seminar
Date Published
July 2014
Agencies
NIJ
NIJ and Intelligent Automation, Inc. - Demonstrating Objectivity in Ballistic Identification: Statistical Validation Using Topographical Imagery
Date Published
May 2015
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored