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National Trace Evidence Materials Database SWGMAT Oversight. Edward G. Bartick Suffolk University Boston, MA.
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NationalTrace Evidence Materials DatabaseSWGMAT Oversight Edward G. Bartick Suffolk University Boston, MA
Statistical Considerations“For the rational study of the law the black letter man may be the man of the present, but the man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics.”- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The path of the Law, 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457, 469 (1897).
Current National Databases • CODIS • AFIS • IBIS
Universal Format SoftwareWide variety of data types- Instrumental data- Manufacturer information- Physical properties- Chemical properties
OversightData for Various Material TypesManaged at Specialty Sites