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This database, overseen by Edward G. Bartick at Suffolk University, Boston, MA, considers statistical implications for legal studies. Explore the wide range of data types managed in a universal format, including instrumental, manufacturer, physical, and chemical properties, for various material types. Learn about the current national databases like CODIS, AFIS, IBIS, and potential funding from NIJ and management by NIST.
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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