一个研究的检查员准确性在弹药盒的比较. 第1部分:检查员的错误率
David P Baldwin1, Stanley J Bajic1, Max D Morris2
1Ames Laboratory US Department of Energy, 2416 Pammel Drive Ames, IA 50011-2416 USA.
Forensic science international
|May 31, 2023
概括
枪支工具标记检查人员在识别弹药盒时显示出低错误率. 错误识别发生在1.01%和错误删除发生在0.367%,相当于枪支标记质量问题.
科学领域:
- 法医科学 法医科学 法医科学
- 枪支和工具标记检查的检查
- 弹道学分析 分析
背景情况:
- 枪支检查依赖于在弹上留下的独特工具标记的比较.
- 估计检查员错误率对于法医科学可靠性至关重要.
- 之前的研究没有全面评估错误识别和排除的检查员错误率.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计测试人员错误率的错误识别和错误排除在盒子案例比较.
- 评估枪支产生可用于比较的质量标志的速度.
- 为了比较枪支检查员的错误率与质量差的标记生产率.
主要方法:
- 218名志愿枪支检查人员比较了15套已知和质疑的弹箱.
- 从25支Ruger SR9手枪中使用雷明顿9毫米Luger弹药开火.
- 考官使用了枪支和工具标签考官协会 (AFTE) 的结论范围,并评估了标记的适用性.
主要成果:
- 同源比较的整体错误排除率为0.367%.
- 在不同来源的比较中,错误识别的总比率为1.01%.
- 枪支生产质量差的标记发生率为2.3% (±1.4%).
结论:
- 对错误识别和错误删除的检查员错误率与枪支标记质量问题相当或低于枪支标记质量问题.
- 一些审查员在不成比例地导致了虚假的识别错误.
- 该研究提供了关于枪支和工具标记检查的准确性和可靠性的宝贵数据.
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