A part-declared blind testing program in firearms examination

被引:11
作者
Kerkhoff, W. [1 ]
Stoel, R. D. [1 ]
Mattijssen, E. J. A. T. [1 ,2 ]
Berger, C. E. H. [1 ,3 ]
Didden, F. W. [4 ]
Kerstholt, J. H. [5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Netherlands Forens Inst, POB 24044, NL-2490 AA The Hague, Netherlands
[2] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Behav Sci Inst, POB 9104, NL-6500 HE Nijmegen, Netherlands
[3] Leiden Univ, Inst Criminal Law & Criminol, POB 9520, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
[4] Dutch Natl Police, Cent Unit, POB 100, NL-3970 AC Driebergen, Netherlands
[5] Univ Twente, POB 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands
[6] TNO, POB 23, NL-3769 ZG Soesterberg, Netherlands
关键词
Part declared testing; Blind testing; Fake cases; Bullet and cartridge case comparison; Proficiency test; PERFORMANCE; CASEWORK;
D O I
10.1016/j.scijus.2018.03.006
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号
0301 ; 10 ;
摘要
In 2015 and 2016 the Central Unit of the Dutch National Police created and submitted 21 cartridge case comparison tests as real cases to the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), under supervision of the University of Twente (UT). A total of 53 conclusions were drawn in these 21 tests. For 31 conclusions the underlying ground truth was "positive", in the sense that it addressed a cluster of cartridge cases that was fired from the same firearm. For 22 conclusions the ground truth was "negative", in the sense that the cartridge cases were fired from different firearms. In none of the conclusions, resulting from examinations under casework conditions, misleading evidence was reported. All conclusions supported the hypothesis reflecting the ground truth. This article discusses the design and results of the tests in more detail.
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页码:258 / 263
页数:6
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