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§ 1 — Introduction Standards Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination (006.1)

Introduction

The ‘Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination’ field of expertise (further: Weapon and Ammunition) consists of the examination of portable weapons (further: ‘weapons’). The term weapon covers both firearms (and the suitable cartridges) and portable devices

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that are capable of accelerating one or more projectiles (also referred as ‘bullets’) or merely of producing a bang. Firearms utilise a chemical process through the ignition of a propellant charge and are provided with a combustion chamber and a barrel. Portable devices make use of a physical process, for example the pressure caused by the expansion of gas or the energy released by a spring. A cartridge is ammunition in which the (the) projectile(s), the propellant charge and the primer are combined in the cartridge case.

Shooting incidents involving munitions other than the ordinary unit cartridge (for example, propellant, primer and projectile separated) are not excluded.

The field of expertise relates to a technical examination of the weapon, the identification of the firearms used during a shooting incident, and the technical reconstruction of the shooting incident itself.

The Gunshot Residue Examination, the Explosions and Explosives Examination, the field of expertise of Pathology and the field of expertise Assessment regarding the Weapons and Ammunition Act fall outside the scope of this field of expertise.

The following disciplines are distinguished within the field of expertise:

– Comparative bullet and cartridge case examination

– Weapon-technical examination for the purpose of reconstruction

– Forensic ballistics examination

Different questions are relevant per discipline. An overview of the most frequent questions has been provided in Annex A.

Regeling
Standards Forensic Weapon and Ammunition Examination (006.1)
Soort
ZBO-regeling
Geldend vanaf
12-12-2016
BWB-id
BWBR0039081
Versie
2016-12-12_0

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