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Presents the study of the technological innovations for less-lethal kinetic energy munitions used in law enforcement in the U.S. Examinations taken to determine energy per unit area required to penetrate various regions of the body; Used of eight unembalmed postmortem human specimens in the testing experiment; Evaluation on the conducted test results.

Reports on the development of a bullet signature measurement system based on a stylus instrument of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Goal for the support of the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network; Set of digitized bullet signatures profiled from master bullets; Control of the tool path to qualify bullet signature differences.

Examines the impact of ballistics imaging technology on the productivity of the Boston Police Department's Ballistic Unit. Value of ballistics imaging technology in law enforcement; Analysis of time series data with the use of negative binomial regression models; Results of cost-effectiveness estimates and qualitative evidence.