Program Profile: Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS)

This is an automated ballistics imaging and analysis system that populates a database of digital ballistic images of bullets and casings from crime guns, to assist forensic experts in making identifications for police investigations and trials.

Evidence Rating: Effective | One study

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This is an automated ballistics imaging and analysis system that populates a computerized database of digital ballistic images of bullets and casings from crime guns, to assist forensic experts in making identifications for police investigations and trials. The program is rated Effective. There was a statistically significant 6.23-fold increase in the monthly number of cold hits generated by the Ballistics Unit after implementation of the automated ballistics imaging and analysis program.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Geography: Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting, High Crime Neighborhoods/Hot Spots

Current Program Status: Active

Researcher:
Anthony Braga
Professor
Northeastern University

360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
United States

Phone: 617.373.3327
Email