Citation

Buckleton J, Triggs C, Taroni F, Champod C, Wevers G. Sci. Justice 2008; 48(4): 178-181.

Affiliation

ESR, Mount Albert Science Center, Private Bag 92021, Auckland, New Zealand. John.buckleton@esr.cri.nz

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Forensic Science Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19192679

Abstract

The comparison of consecutively manufactured tools and firearms has provided much, but not all, of the basis for the profession of firearm and toolmark examination. The authors accept the fundamental soundness of this approach but appeal to the experimental community to close two minor gaps in the experimental procedure. We suggest that "blinding" and attention to appropriateness of other experimental conditions that would consolidate the foundations of our profession. We do not suggest that previous work is unsound.

Language: en