Crime Metallurgical Investigations

Crime Detection: Scientific Crime Investigation Metallurgical Investigations

Introduction to Crime Metallurgical Investigations

Metallurgical examinations make it possible to identify the source of an item-whether made of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material-found at a crime scene, and further, to determine if two similar items were fractured from each other, the nature of the force causing the fracture, the direction from which the force came, and the time when the fragments became separated. Metallurgical examinations can also determine how a metal item was manufactured, and whether items found in different locations were made at the same time and by the same manufacturer. Such identification helps trace the evidence to its owner. The metallurgist can also restore obliterated or altered numbers on objects of any material.” (1)

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Notes and References

• Information about Crime Metallurgical Investigations in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to Crime Metallurgical Investigations

In this Section

Crime Detection, Crime Detection History, Surveillance, Interrogation, Crime Detection Records,

Scientific Crime Investigation, Firearms Examinations, Serological Investigations, Investigation Toxicology ,Hairs and Fibers Crime Investigation, Crime Mineralogical Investigations, Crime Metallurgical Investigations and Crime Document Examination.