Methodological problems in every black-box study of forensic firearm comparisons

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Maria Cuellar

Reviews conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (2009) and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2016) …

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Interoperability Study of 3D Instruments Used in Firearms Identification

Type: Poster Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Implementation and Practice

Published: 2025 | By: Melissa Nally

In forensic firearms identification, one of the newest emerging technologies is three-dimensional (3D) imaging. The 3D technology allows firearms examiners …

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A reproducible pipeline for extracting representative signals from wire cuts

Type: Conference Proceeding Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Yuhang Lin

We propose a reproducible pipeline for extracting representative signals from 2D topographic scans of the tips of cut wires. The …

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An algorithm for forensic toolmark comparisons

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Maria Cuellar

Forensic toolmark analysis traditionally relies on subjective human judgment, leading to inconsistencies and lack of transparency. The multitude of variables, …

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A preliminary study of the manufacturing of breech faces

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2024 | By: Veronica Franklin

Firearm examiners may face challenges with subclass characteristics. Subclass characteristics have the potential to be confused with individual characteristics if …

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A Study in Reproducibility: The Congruent Matching Cells Algorithm and cmcR Package

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks

Published: 2023 | By: Joseph Zemmels

Scientific research is driven by our ability to use methods, procedures, and materials from previous studies and further research by …

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Judging Firearms Evidence

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Implementation and Practice

Published: 2023 | By: Brandon L. Garrett

Firearms violence results in hundreds of thousands of criminal investigations each year. To try to identify a culprit, firearms examiners …

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An Open-Source Implementation of the CMPS Algorithm for Assessing Similarity of Bullets

Type: Publication Research Area(s): Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Statistics

Published: 2022 | By: Wangqian Ju

In this paper, we introduce the R package cmpsR, an open-source implementation of the Congruent Matching Profile Segments (CMPS) method …

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