Firearm tracing

Assessment of analytical workflows of gunshot residue evidence and strategies for implementation of advanced technology in crime laboratories

Date Published

2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

FBI Subaward to the NIST project "Identifying Class and Individual Characteristics of Printer Marks on Additively Manufactured Firearm Components"

GRANT14110035-B

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$130,000

Identifying Class and Individual Characteristics of Printer Marks on Additively Manufactured Firearm Components

DJO-NIJ-25-RO-0001

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$389,657

Reducing Gun Violence Through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis, and Sharing

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimes

Journal

Injury Prevention

Date Published

2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Ballistic Imaging

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Intervening in Gun Markets: An Experiment to Assess the Impact of Targeted Gun-Law Messaging

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

March 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Expanding the Scope and Efficiency of 3D Surface Topography Analysis in Firearm Forensics

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Interpretation of Cartridge Case Evidence Using IBIS and Bayesian Networks

Date Published

October 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIST Ballistics Toolmark Research Database

Journal

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Standard, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

A Comparative Analysis of Crime Guns

Date Published

October 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Tracing and fingerprinting source material and printer of additively manufactured weapons and objects

2020-DQ-BX-0029

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$270,000

Study Compares Gun Barrels and Bullets

Date Published

May 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998

Date Published

May 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Ballistic Fingerprints on File

Date Published

2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical), Program/Project Evaluation

Federal Legislation and Gun Markets: How Much Have Recent Reforms of the Federal Firearms Licensing System Reduced Criminal Gun Suppliers

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Assessing the Quality of 3-Dimensional Imaging on the BrassTrax HD3D System and Evaluating an In-Silico Solution to Confirm NIBIN Hits

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Focused Deterrence in New Orleans: A Documentation of Changes in Homicides and Firearm Recoveries

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

NIJ Journal Issue No. 274

Date Published

December 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Opening the Black Box of NIBIN

July 2014

Series

Research for the Real World

Bill King discusses the operations of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), a program through which firearms examiners at state and local crime laboratories compare tool marks on fired bullets or cartridges found at a crime scene to digitized images of ballistic evidence in a nationwide database.

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Homicide in the United States

June 2009

The 2009 NIJ Conference kicked off with a blue-ribbon panel of leaders with expertise in urban issues as they relate to homicide. These experts will discuss promising approaches that have resulted in reduced violence and community empowerment.

Transcript

Homicide in the United States

Audio file

1 of 6: Homicide in the United States, Kristina Rose, Acting Director, National Institute of Justice , 2 of 6: Homicide in the United States, Laurie Robinson, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs , 3 of 6: Homicide in the United States, James Alan Fox, The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy, Northeastern University , 4 of 6: Homicide in the United States, Gary Slutkin, Executive Director, The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention , 5 of 6: Homicide in the United States, M. Kim Ward, Baltimore County Police Department , 6 of 6: Homicide in the United States, Question and Answer Session