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                            Library & Multimedia
 Updating Data Collection for Digital Evidence Casework in Project FORESIGHT
NCJ Number
              305186

Date Published

August 2022
Length
              28 pages
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              Since the original report, the firearms examiner community has evaluated this technology in the crime laboratory and considered how this may be implemented into their workflows. Although 3D imaging technologies may provide value to numerous applications within the impression and pattern evidence community, this report focuses on the application of 3D toolmark technologies and virtual comparison microscopy (VCM) to cartridge case and bullet examination. Although yet to be fully integrated into many agencies, some state, local, and federal agencies, including the FBI, are using these instruments in their casework. This update is meant to summarize collective thinking around how 3D imaging technologies may be deployed in firearms and toolmarks units, how the technology has developed to meet the needs of the examiners, and gaps that may limit its adoption. This 2022 update discusses the advancements in 3D imaging for firearms identification that have been rapidly developing in the years following the 2016 landscape study. Specifically, it describes VCM and it’s applications in more detail, along with how the field has addressed concerns cited in the original landscape study regarding areas of improvement.
Abstract
              Project FORESIGHT is a business-guided, self-evaluation of forensic science laboratories across the globe. The participating laboratories represent metropolitan, regional, state, and national agencies. Faculty from the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics analyze data from forensic crime laboratories around the world to identify trends across laboratories and analyze individual laboratory performance. The project uses standardized definitions for laboratory’s functional areas and produces annual metrics to evaluate work processes, linking data on casework, personnel allocation, and financial information to work tasks and  functions. Laboratory managers can then assess resource allocations, efficiencies, and value of services, with the goal of measuring a laboratory’s operational data to determine what is working well and what is not. 2 exhibits
      
  
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        2016-MU-BX-K110


  
  
        
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        Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) FY17
    
  
  
Date Published: August 1, 2022
    
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