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Statistical Confirmation of Empirical Observations Concerning Tool Mark Striae
AFTE Journal
  • D. Faden, Iowa State University
  • J. Kidd, Iowa State University
  • J. Craft, Iowa State University
  • L. Scott Chumbley, Iowa State University
  • Max D. Morris, Iowa State University
  • Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University
  • J. Kreiser, Illinois State Police
  • S. Davis, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2007
Abstract

Toolmarks produced by 44 sequentially manufactured screwdriver tips have been characterized for surface roughness using a profilometer. Toolmarks were produced in lead at angles of 30°, 60°, and 85°. A computer program developed to compare and match the profilometer data has been used to show that marks from a single tip produced at similar angles yield much higher correlation values than marks produced from the same tip but at different angles. This analysis provides statistical support for the widely-accepted empirical observation that toolmark striae must be reproduced at similar angles in order to be unambiguously identified as being made by a particular tool.

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This article is from AFTE Journal 39 (2007): 205. Posted with permission.

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AFTE Journal
Language
en
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Citation Information
D. Faden, J. Kidd, J. Craft, L. Scott Chumbley, et al.. "Statistical Confirmation of Empirical Observations Concerning Tool Mark Striae" AFTE Journal Vol. 39 Iss. 3 (2007) p. 205 - 214
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