What does the presence of GSR really mean?

  • Reaney, L. (Participant)
  • Angela Shaw (Keynote/plenary speaker)

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Description

Gunshot residue (GSR) is one of the most heavily scrutinised types of trace evidence in criminal investigations; there is very little challenge in court as to whether the particles have originated from a firearm or an environmental source but of more crucial importance is the question of how did they get there?

Angela will be giving us a whistle stop tour of GSR as an evidence type, how it is formed, deposited, analysed and interpreted within the context of a case. This will lead on to areas within the interpretation that can be open to challenge illustrated using some cases that Angela has been instructed on, within the UK and abroad
Period12 Nov 2020
Event typeWorkshop

Keywords

  • KE
  • Consultancy
  • GSR
  • Networking