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Category: Trace Evidence

A critical review of recent trends in sample classification using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

L. Brunnbauer, Z. Gajarska, H. Lohninger, A. Limbeck

TrAC Trends Anal Chem; 159; 2023

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Chemistry, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Trace Evidence

What Is Microstamping, and Can It Help Solve Shootings?

Posted on February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Chip Brownlee

The Trace; January 23, 2023

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Firearms and Toolmarks, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Trace Evidence

The Persistence of Illicit Drug Smoke Residues and their Recovery from Common Household Surfaces

Posted on February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Julie L. Bitter

Drug Test Anal; 9(4); 2017

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Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Trace Evidence

Attempts to Alter and Obliterate Finger-Prints (1935)

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Harold Cummins

J Crim Law Criminol; 25(6); 1935

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Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Historical, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Trace Evidence

Poisson Processes and Randomly Acquired Characteristics: Are Wear Features on Footwear Randomly Distributed?

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Jacqueline A. Speir

WVU; 18pp; 2023

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Footwear and Tire, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Trace Evidence

Overview of bimetallic nanomaterials used for visualization of latent fingerprints on various surfaces

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Vilas A. Chavan, Devidas S. Bhagat, Ajit K. Gangawane

Prob Forensic Sci; 129; 2022

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Distinctive markings on weapons used in Syria prison breaks

Posted on February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Conflict Armament Res; 2023

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Ricochet of 9mm pistol bullets on glazed ceramic tiles: An empirical study in support of shooting incident reconstruction

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Bandula Nishshanka PhD, Chris Shepherd PhD, Samindi Madhubha Jayawickrama PhD, Randika Ariyarathna BCSc

J Forensic Sci; 68(1); 2023

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Comparative study of rose and hibiscus petals powders in latent friction ridge analysis

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 By Becky Carter

Vanisha Godara, Vinay Aseri, Sneha Lohar, Poonam Kumari, Badal Mavry, Varad Nagar, Ashrut Singhal, Apoorva Singh, Kumud Kant Awasthi, Mahipal Singh Sankhla

Prob Forensic Sci; 130; 2022

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The relevance of gunshot residues in forensic science

Posted on February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

Virginie Redouté Minzière, Anne-Laure Gassner, Matteo Gallidabino, Claude Roux, Céline Weyermann

WIREs Forensic Sci; 5(1); 2023

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Ambient ionisation mass spectrometry for the trace detection of explosives using a portable mass spectrometer

Posted on February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

Daniel Burns, Simone Mathias, Bryan J. McCullough, Chris J. Hopley, David Douce, Nicola Lumley, Steve Bajic, Patrick Sears

Int J Mass Spectrom; 471; 2022

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Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Trace Evidence

Interpol review of forensic management, 2019–2022

Posted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

William P. McAndrew, Paul J. Speaker, Max M. Houck

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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Anthropology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Laboratory Operations, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

The influence of water of crystallization in NIR-based MDMA⋅HCl detection

Posted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

Ruben F. Kranenburg, Henk-Jan Ramaker, Yannick Weesepoel, Peter W.F. Arisz, Peter H.J. Keizers, Annette van Esch, Cathelijne Zieltjens – van Uxem, Jorrit D.J. van den Berg, Janneke W. Hulshof, Sjors Bakels, Anouk M. Rijs, Arian C. van Asten

Forensic Chem; 32; 2023

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Interpol review of the analysis and detection of explosives and explosives residues

Posted on February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

Douglas J. Klapec, Greg Czarnopys, Julie Pannuto

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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Shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy for soil component identification and soil carbonate determination in the presence of strong fluorescence interference

Posted on February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

Kay Sowoidnich, Martin Maiwald, Markus Ostermann, Bernd Sumpf

J Raman Spectrosc; 2023

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The Science of Fire and Explosion Hazards from Lithium-Ion Batteries

Posted on February 1, 2023 By Becky Carter

Fire Safety Res Inst; 2023

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Mathematical Model for Bullet Ricochet (1971)

Posted on January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

Mohan Jauhari

J Crim Law Criminol; 61(3); 1971

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Smoking Bullets (1965)

Posted on January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

David Q. Burd

J Crim Law Criminol; 56(4); 1965

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Evaporation of Sessile Droplets

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

Stephen K.Wilson and Hannah-May D’Ambrosio

Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech; 55; 2023

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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Trace Evidence

Assessing the thermal stability of toolmarks casting materials through optical comparison microscopy, virtual comparison microscopy and quantitative similarity scores

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

Alaric C. W. Koh & Kai Yuan Yeoh

Forensic Sci Res; 2022

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Understanding the Characteristics of Guns Recovered From Gang Members and Non-Gang Members Through eTrace Data

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

Melissa A. Gutierrez

ASU; Dissertation; 86pp; 2022

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Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Firearms and Toolmarks, Trace Evidence

Independent component analysis of hyperspectral data measured from overlapping latent fingermarks: Forensic potential of independent component images

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

Atsushi Nakamura, Norimitsu Akiba, Kazuhito Hibino, Hidetoshi Kakuda, Karen Kawada, Masashi Karasawa, Mari Sakai, Takayuki Sota

Forensic Sci Int; 343; 2023

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Case closed – Wrappings and encasement delays and reduces fly presence on body parts

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 By Becky Carter

Linda Brownlow, Stephen Young, Mandela Fernández-Grandon, Richard J. Hopkins

Forensic Sci Int; 342; 2023

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Anthropology, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Entomology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Sexual Assault / SANE, Trace Evidence

Reconstruction of the Grenfell tower fire—Part 6—Numerical simulation of the Grenfell tower disaster: Contribution to the understanding of the tenability conditions inside the common areas of the tower

Posted on January 27, 2023 By sdargoltz

Eric Guillaume, Virginie Drean, Bertrand Girardin, Talal Fateh

Fire and Materials; 46(7); 2022

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Windshield glass penetration (1996)

Posted on January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 By Becky Carter

Duncan MacPherson, Lt. Ed Fincel

Wound Ballistics Review; 2(4); 1996

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Windshield glass penetration

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Reconstruction of Grenfell Tower fire. Part 3—Numerical simulation of the Grenfell Tower disaster: Contribution to the understanding of the fire propagation and behaviour during the vertical fire spread

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Eric Guillaume, Virginie Dréan, Bertrand Girardin, Faiz Benameur, Maxime Koohkan, Talal Fateh

Fire and Materials; 44(1); 2020

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Reconstruction of the Grenfell Tower fire—Part 5: Contribution to the understanding of the tenability conditions inside the apartments following the façade fire

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Eric Guillaume, Virginie Dréan, Bertrand Girardin, Talal Fateh

Fire and Materials; 46(8); 2022

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Reconstruction of the Grenfell Tower fire – Part 4: Contribution to the understanding of fire propagation and behaviour during horizontal fire spread

Posted on January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Eric Guillaume, Virginie Dréan, Bertrand Girardin, Talal Fateh

Fire and Materials; 44(8); 2020

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Reconstruction of Grenfell Tower fire. Part 2: A numerical investigation of the fire propagation and behaviour from the initial apartment to the façade

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Eric Guillaume, Virginie Dréan, Bertrand Girardin, Maxime Koohkan, Talal Fateh

Fire and Materials; 44(1); 2020

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Reconstruction of Grenfell Tower fire. Part 1: Lessons from observations and determination of work hypotheses

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Eric Guillaume, Virginie Dréan, Bertrand Girardin, Faiz Benameur, Talal Fateh

Fire and Materials; 44(1); 2020

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A systematic review on materials, design, and manufacturing of swabs

Posted on January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Vedant Vashist, Neil Banthia, Swapnil Kumar, Prajwal Agrawal

Annals 3D Printed Med; 9; 2023

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Alcohol, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, DNA and Biology, Education and Training, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Sexual Assault / SANE, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

Interpol review of fire debris analysis and fire investigation 2019–2022

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 By sdargoltz

Michelle Evans

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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AFTE Journal

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 By Becky Carter

Vol 54, No 2, 2022

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AFTE Journal Vol 54, No 2, 2022

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A comparative study of different animal hairs: A microscopic analysis

Posted on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 By sdargoltz

A. Annika Rajaselin, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, A. Abirami Arthanari, R. Gayathri, S. Kavitha, J. Selvaraj, Y. Dinesh

J Adv Pharm Technol Res; 13; 2022

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Comparative study of male and female human hair: A microscopic analysis

Posted on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 By sdargoltz

S. Sneha Harshini, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Abirami Arthanari, R. Gayathri, S. Kavitha, J. Selvaraj, P. K. Reshma, Y. Dinesh

J Adv Pharm Technol Res; 13; 2022

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Comparison of human and animal hair – A microscopical analysis

Posted on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 By sdargoltz

S. Nehal Safiya, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Abirami Arthanari, R. Gayathri, J. Selvaraj, S. Kavitha, Y. Dinesh

J Adv Pharm Technol Res; 13; 2022

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The History and Legacy of the Latent Fingerprint Black Box Study

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Lucas Zarwell, Gregory Dutton

NIJ Journal; 284; December 2022

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Interpol review of paint, tape, and glass evidence 2019-2022

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Jose Almirall, Tatiana Trejos

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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A generalized mixed model framework for assessing fingerprint individuality in presence of varying image quality

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Sarat C. Dass, Chae Young Lim, Tapabrata Maiti

Ann Appl Stat; 8(3); 2014

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Automatic matching of bullet land impressions

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Eric Hare, Heike Hofmann, Alicia Carriquiry

Ann Appl Stat; 11(4); 2017

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Statistical modeling and analysis of trace element concentrations in forensic glass evidence

Posted on January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Karen D. H. Pan, Karen Kafadar

Ann Appl Stat; 12(2); 2018

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Advances in Flipped Classrooms for Teaching and Learning Forensic Geology

Posted on January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Roberta Somma

Educ Sci; 12(6); 2022

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How Police Actually Cracked the Idaho Killings Case

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Heather Tal Murphy

Slate; January 10, 2023

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Biometrics, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DNA and Biology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Statistics and Data Analysis, Trace Evidence

Evaluating Likelihood Ratio (LR) for Firearm Evidence Identifications in Forensic Science Based on the Congruent Matching Cells (CMC) Method

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

John Song, Zhe Chen, Theodore V. Vorburger, Johannes A. Soons

Forensic Sci Int; 317; 2020

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Commentary: Likelihood Ratio as Weight of Forensic Evidence: A Closer Look

Posted on January 18, 2023 By Becky Carter

Colin Aitken, Anders Nordgaard, Franco Taroni, Alex Biedermann

Front Gen; 9; 2018

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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Criminal Justice System, DNA and Biology, Education and Training, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Statistics and Data Analysis, Trace Evidence

Learning algorithms to evaluate forensic glass evidence

Posted on January 13, 2023 By sdargoltz

Soyoung Park, Alicia Carriquiry

Ann Appl Stat 13 (2); 2019

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The language of less-lethal weapons

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 By Becky Carter

Erika A. Kaske, Joel T. Wu, Rachel R. Hardeman, David P. Darrow, David J. Satin

PNAS; 119(17); 2022

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Compact GC-QEPAS for On-Site Analysis of Chemical Threats

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 By Becky Carter

Nicola Liberatore, Roberto Viola, Sandro Mengali, Luca Masini, Federico Zardi, Ivan Elmi, Stefano Zampolli

Sensors; 23(1); 2023

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Adventure Legal Medicine: a free online serious game for supplementary use in undergraduate medical education

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 By Becky Carter

Sven Anders, Antonia Steen, Tjark Müller, Waldemar Krause, Annika Sanwald, Tobias Raupach, Benjamin Ondruschka & Oliver Krebs

Int J Legal Med; 2023

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Biometrics, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, Dogs and Sensors, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Odontology, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Sexual Assault / SANE, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence, Veterinary Forensics, Wildlife

Interpol review of fingermarks and other body impressions (2019 – 2022)

Posted on January 13, 2023 By Becky Carter

Andy Bécue, Christophe Champod

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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