Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 178-181 , December 2008

Experimental design for acquiring relevant data to address the issue of comparing consecutively manufactured tools and firearms

  • John Buckleton

      Affiliations

    • ESR, Mount Albert Science Centre, Private Bag 92021, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Chris Triggs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Franco Taroni

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Police Scientifique et de Criminologie, Université of Lausanne, B.C.H.,1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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  • Christophe Champod

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Police Scientifique et de Criminologie, Université of Lausanne, B.C.H.,1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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  • Gerhard Wevers

      Affiliations

    • ESR, Mount Albert Science Centre, Private Bag 92021, Auckland, New Zealand

Received 9 October 2007 ,Revised 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 20 February 2008.

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PII: S1355-0306(08)00032-4

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.02.001

Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 178-181 , December 2008