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Baier, Waltraud, Warnett, Jason M., Payne, Mark and Williams, M. A. (2018) Introducing 3D printed models as demonstrative evidence at criminal trials. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 63 (4). pp. 1298-1302. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13700
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13700
Abstract
This case report presents one of the first reported uses of a 3D printed exhibit in an English homicide trial, in which two defendants were accused of beating their victim to death. The investigation of this crime included a micro-CT scan of the victim's skull, which assisted the pathologist to determine the circumstances of the assault, in particular regarding the number of assault weapons and perpetrators. The scan showed two distinct injury shapes, suggesting the use of either two weapons or a single weapon with geometrically distinct surfaces. It subsequently served as the basis for a 3D print, which was shown in court in one of the first examples that 3D printed physical models have been introduced as evidence in a criminal trial in the United Kingdom. This paper presents the decision-making process of whether to use 3D printed evidence or not.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | K Law [LC] > KD England and Wales | ||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Criminal courts -- Great Britain, Forensic sciences, Three-dimensional printing | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Forensic Sciences | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-1198 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | July 2018 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 63 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1298-1302 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/1556-4029.13700 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | ** Embargo End Date: 29-11-2017 ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router. ** Licence for vor version of this article starting on 29-11-2017: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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