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Module 4 - Forensic Ballistics

Lesson 4 - Criminal Case Studies Involving Forensic Ballistics

Overview

Overview

The Duke Projectile Recovery System (below) allows forensic ballistic experts to test-fire a gun and retrieve the bullet intact for ballistics forensic firearm identification.

Duke Projectile Recovery System

                                         - Image Source: Ballistics Research Inc.

This lesson focuses on two criminal case studies that involve forensic ballistics.

You are expected to answer related questions about these criminal case studies in your assignment.

"You only get one opportunity to process the crime scene."

- Captain R.T. Colgan, Prince William County Police Department

- Source: Gerard R. Murphy, Chuck Wexler, Heather Davies, Martha Plotkin.
Managing a Multijurisdictional Case: Identifying the Lessons Learned from the Sniper Investigation. Police Executive Research Forum, US Department of Justice, October 2004, p.56.