1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698362503321

Titolo

State Department [[electronic resource] ] : survey of overseas posts' Emergency Action Committees on planning, preparing for, and conducting evacuations (GAO-08-24SP), an e-supplement to GAO-08-23

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007]

Descrizione fisica

43 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Evacuation of civilians - United States - Planning

Emergency management - United States

Crisis management - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 15, 2007).

"October 19, 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-08-24SP."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971539203321

Titolo

Ballistic imaging / / Committee to Assess the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database ; Daniel L. Cork ... [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008

ISBN

9786611726751

9780309134316

0309134315

9781281726759

1281726753

9780309117258

0309117259

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CorkDaniel L

Disciplina

363.25/62

Soggetti

Forensic ballistics - Atlases - Data processing - Government policy - United States

Bullets - Identification

Images, Photographic

Electronic records - United States - Management - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Context for ballistic imaging analysis -- pt. 2. Current ballistic imaging and databases -- pt. 3. Implications for a national reference ballistic image database -- pt. 4. Future directions.

Sommario/riassunto

Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. The book evaluates the current law enforcement database of images of crime-related cartridge cases and bullets and recommends ways to improve the usefulness of the technology for suggesting leads in criminal investigations. It also advises against the construction of a national reference database that would include images from test-fires of every newly manufactured or imported firearm in the United States. The book also suggests further



research on an alternate method for generating an investigative lead to the location where a gun was first sold: "microstamping," the direct imprinting of unique identifiers on firearm parts or ammunition.