Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database ; Daniel L. Cork [and others], editors.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academies Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. 1. Context for ballistic imaging analysis -- Introduction -- Firearms and ammunition : physics, manufacturing, and sources of variability -- Firearms identification and the use of ballistic evidence -- pt. 2. Current ballistic imaging and databases -- Current ballistic imaging technology -- Current ballistic image databases : NIBIN and the state reference databases -- Operational and technical enhancements to NIBIN -- Three-dimensional measurement and ballistic imaging -- pt. 3. Implications for a national reference ballistic image database -- Experimental evidence on sources of variability and imaging standards -- Feasibility of a national reference ballistic image database -- pt. 4. Future directions -- Microstamping : alternative technology for tracing to point of sale -- Best standards for future developments in computer-assisted firearms identification.
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00017961
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Ballistic imaging.
International Standard Book Number
9780309117241
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bullets-- Identification, Databases.
Electronic records-- United States-- Management-- Data processing.
Forensic ballistics, Atlases-- Data processing-- Government policy-- United States.
Images, Photographic, Databases.
Bullets-- Identification.
Forensic ballistics.
Images, Photographic.
LAW-- Forensic Science.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
LAW-- 041000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
363
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25/62
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HV8077
Book number
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N38
2008eb
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Cork, Daniel L.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database.