Problems of Forensic Sciences 2001 Vol. 46 (XLVI) 183-197
COMPUTER-AIDED DATA HANDLING IN CASEWORK
Thomas BIERMANN, Stefan DECK
Forensic Science Institute, Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany
Streszczenie
Since the beginning of the 1990’s the fibre section of the Forensic Science Institute at the Bundeskriminalamt have had to deal almost exclusively with highly complex cases which are often linked to one another. In the majority of these, no fibre samples from known sources are available for comparison purposes, so adefined search for target fibres is not possible. The examinations are sometimes made even more complicated in that they have already been examined in another laboratory, where no useful result has been obtained. In this paper, the authors will describe how such cases are dealt with, including the use of computer supported documentation and evaluation of the extensive data resulting from the examinations. They also present their view on how this approach can bring benefits to fibre examinations in the future.
Słowa kluczowe|
Fibres; Casework; Data evaluation; Spectral comparison.