SWGGUN Systemic Requirements and Recommendations for the Forensic Firearm and Toolmark Laboratory
The Scientific Working Groups have been tasked by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the report entitled Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward with directing the forensic science communities in the establishment of standardized procedures and protocols. The following document is in response to this request... Read this document by clicking here.
The purpose of SWGGUN is to develop a series of consensus guidelines for the firearm and toolmark discipline and to disseminate SWGGUN guidelines, studies, and other findings that may be of benefit to the forensic community. The SWG meets twice annually.
Annotated Bibliographies
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Annotated bibliographies that were provided to the RDT&E Interagency Working Group by AFTE and SWGGUN are now posted on a public website.
You may access the main Forensics Twiki website at the following address: http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-fs/bin/view/ForensicScience/WebHome and then click on ResearchDevelopment to access the annotated bibliographies.
Alternatively, you can use this direct link to the annotated bibliographies which is as follows: http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-fs/bin/view/ForensicScience/ResearchDevelopment
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SWGGUN Responds to SoFS Request | |
On April 15, 2011, the Subcommittee on Forensic Science’s Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation (RDT&E) Interagency Working Group (IWG) submitted a list of 25 questions to the SWGGUN regarding foundational issues pertaining to the forensic discipline of Firearms and Toolmark Identification (FA/TM ID). These questions were formulated by the RDT&E IWG after a presentation on the foundations and principles underlying FA/TM ID. This presentation was given by SWGGUN Chair Greg Klees on October 4, 2010. |
