2007 DVD Table of Contents See seminar summaries for abstracts to the presentations.
Disc 1
What’s New in Ammunition?
George Kass, Forensic Ammunition, Okemos, MI
What is That Aluminum Thing I Got at Registration?
Evan Thompson
The Identification of Consecutively Rifled 9mm Pistol Barrels: A Pre-Publication Update
Jim Hamby, International Forensic Science Laboratory, Indianapolis, IN
NFSTC – AFTE Media Based Training Program
Dr. Katy Savage, National Forensic Science Training Center, Largo, FL
A Request for Participation in a Fracture Match Validation Study
Ann Davis, Virginia Department of Forensic Science, Richmond, VA
Words We Use and What They Tell Us about Our Thinking
Lucien C. Haag, Forensic Science Services, Inc., Carefree, AZ
Tales from the Bench: Techniques, Materials, and Discoveries
Charles M. Clow, Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX
AFTE 2008
Curtis Kubo, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu, HI
3D Cartridge Case Update
Serge Levesque, Forensic Technologies Inc., Canada
Rethinking Our Defense of Firearm/Toolmark Identification
Diana Paul, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA
Taking a Stand on Daubert!
Daubert Acceptability Criteria: Testability and Error Rate
Ron Nichols, BATFE Forensic Laboratory, Walnut Creek, CA
Relevant Scientific Community and Maintenance of Standards of Control
Ann Davis, Virginia Department of Forensic Science, Richmond, VA
Peer Review
Dom Denio, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, VA
A Daubert Hearing in San Francisco: How it All Comes Together
Andy Smith, San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, CA
Command & Control on the Witness Stand: Employing the Principles of the OODA Loop
Raymond Davis, Court Skills, Eagle, ID
Submachine Guns and Assault Rifles Used by ETA
Serge Martin, Institut National de Police Scientifique, Laboratoire de Toulouse, FranceDisc 2
Effects of Fire Damage on the Ability to Make Identifications: Truck Burn Part III
Kristin Gerber & Jodi Marsanopoli, BATFE Forensic Laboratory, Ammendale, MD
National Firearms Examiner Academy Update
Jodi Marsanopoli, BATFE Forensic Laboratory, Ammendale, MD
Hammer Forging of Rifle Barrels: Individuality of Barrels Forged from a Single Mandrel
Randall Stone, Las Vegas PD Crime Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV
Investment Casting in Barrel Manufacture of the Thunder Five
Julianna Price, Virginia Department of Forensic Science, Norfolk, VA
Subclass Characteristics: Problem or Solution?
Beta Tam, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA
The ENFSI Proficiency Testing Program on Identification of GSR by SEM/EDX
Ludwig Niewohner, Forensic Science Institute of the Bundeskriminalamt, Germany
FAID 2005 – Proficiency Test or Collaborative Study of Firearms Identification
Petra Pauw-Vugts, Netherlands Forensic Institute, Den Haag, Netherlands
Class and Individual Characteristics on Primers of Expended Cartridge Cases
TsuneoUchiyama, National Research Institute of Police Science, Chiba, Japan
Breech Face Castings: An Evaluation of Three Products
J. Justine Davis, Onondaga County Center for Forensic Sciences, Syracuse, NY
Modern Methods of Shooting Scene Documentation
Doreen Hudson, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA
Tony Grissm, Public Safety and Forensic Account Manager, Leica Geosystems
Matching Cast Bullets to the Moulds that Made Them and Comparisons of Consecutively Manufactured Bullet Moulds
Lucien C. Haag, Forensic Science Services, Inc., Carefree, AZ
Who Killed Sammy Weaver at Ruby Ridge?
Lucien C. Haag, Forensic Science Services, Inc., Carefree, AZDisc 3
Firearm Recoil Dynamics: The Effect of Handgun Gripping on Bullet Velocity
Alexander Jason, ANITE Group, Pinole, CA
Drive by Shooting: To Dream the Impossible Dream
Alexander Jason, ANITE Group, Pinole, CA
Video of Four Ricochet Surfaces
Jim Roberts, Ventura County Sheriff’s Forensic Laboratory, Ventura, CA
Glock Enhanced Bullet Identification System (EBIS) Barrels
Judy Chin & Benjamin Sampson, Centre of Forensic Sciences, Toronto, Canada
Headstamp Impressions in Breech Face Residues
David Lane, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Flagstaff, AZ
Shotgun Pellet Patterns: Pellet Distribution and the Effect of Pellet Deformation
Kevan Walsh, ESR, Auckland, New Zealand
The Identification of Impressed Cartridge Case Crimp Marks on Fired Bullets in a Casework Application
Michael Barnes, California Department of Justice, Redding, CA
WEB Databases for the Firearms Examiner
Ruprecht Nennstiel, Bundeskriminalamt, Germany
Santa Ana Case Study
Rocky Edwards, Santa Ana Police Department, Santa Ana, CA
How to Check a Czech
Michael Appel, California Department of Justice, Fresno, CA
IPT – Identification of Production Toolmarks
Lars Hebsgaard, Danish National Police Forensic Department, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stereoscopic 3D High Speed Video
Axel Manthei, Bavarian State Bureau of Investigation, Munich, Germany
Validation Study: Impressed and Striated Breech Face Marks
Zachary Carr, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Topeka, KS
Assault Weapons and the Firearms Examiner
Richard Maruoka, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CADisc 4
How Much Can We Teach Microscopic Comparison in a Classroom?
Beta Tam, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA
2007 SWGGUN Overview
Brandon N. Giroux, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, VA
Charles M. Clow, Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX
The Statistical Significance of a Bullet Match
David G. Howitt, University of California, Department of Forensic Science, Davis, CA
A Comprehensive Statistical Analysis of Striated Tool Mark Examination
Michael Neel, BATFE Forensic Laboratory, Atlanta, GA
Statistical Analysis of Toolmark Striations
Jeremy Craft, Iowa State University, Department of Statistics, Ames, IA
Decay Factor Tests for the Production of NIST SRM 2461 Standard Casings
John Song, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Long Distance Shootings – A Case Example
Jan De Ceuster, National Instituut voor Criminalistiek en Criminologie, Belgium
Assessment of Comparison Macroscope Optical Resolution Based on Instrument Age
Wayne Buttermore, Leica Microsystems, Bannockburn, IL
17 and 22 Caliber Cartridge Interchangeability
Justin Rankin, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas City, KS
Micro-Marked Firing Pins: Character Durability and Micro-Mark Legibility
Michael Beddow, University of California, Department of Forensic Science, Davis, CA