ABSTRACT
Given our society’s infatuation with rearms, it is not surprising that a signicant number of violent crime scenes involve guns. As a result, understanding ballistic evidence becomes signicant not only for the purpose of properly processing the scene, but also in analyzing and understanding the scene. At every shooting scene, the technician seeks a variety of di®erent types of ballistic evidence that may help to dene where, in what order, and under what circumstances a given rearm was utilized. Whether responsible for the ultimate analysis or not, the crime scene technician must document all of the various aspects of a shooting scene in a fashion that allows for such analysis.
