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Chapter 9 Firearms, Toolmarks and Other Impressions
Chapter 10: Matter, Light and Glass
- List TWO reasons why striations on bullets fired from the same gun may vary slightly.
- Besides the barrel, what parts of a firearm may leave distinct markings on a shell cartridge?
- What evidence does an investigator study to make a distance determination? How can test firing a suspect weapon help the investigator make a distance determination?
- List THREE characteristics of a bullet hole that indicate that the shot was fired at extremely close range.
- What evidence do investigators look for when trying to determine whether a suspect has fired a handgun? Where is such evidence typically found and why?
- Why would an investigator not pick up a weapon by its barrel with a pencil or stick in order to protect latent fingerprints? How should suspect firearms be handled in such a situation?
- Name two types of markings that impart individuality to a tool and explain how the marks are made.
- What kinds of impressions might a forensic odontologist be asked to analyze? How might this help identify a suspect?
- What is the first thing the investigator does before handling or moving any impression at a crime scene? Why is this considered merely a backup or precautionary procedure?
- Define the terms refraction and refractive index.
- What is the Becke line and how is it used to determine the refractive index of a glass sample?
- What is the 3R Rule and how is it applied to the analysis of glass fractures?
- What is density? How does heat affect the density of gases and liquids?
- How can investigators determine the order in which several successive penetrations of a glass occurred?
- List two factors that make is difficult for criminalists to compare glass samples.

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