Linking crime guns: The impact of ballistics imaging technology on the productivity of the Boston Police Department's Ballistics Unit

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 701-706

  Braga, Anthony A ^a   Pierce, Glenn L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistics imaging; Ballistics matching; Forensic science; Forensic technology; Gun crime; Gun enforcement; Gun investigations

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRIMINOLOGY; FIREARM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMAGING SYSTEM; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 3142702183     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003205     Document Type: Review

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