The Reconstruction of the Course of the Event on the Basis of Traces of Use of a Firearm
Kasprzak, Jerzy |
The method of reconstruction, recreating the course of an event, is a method widely used in various forensic departments, both during tests performed as part of an expert opinion by an expert and during an experiment as a procedural activity. In encyclopedic terminology, „reconstruction” is „... rebuilding, reconstruction, ... or ... recreating of something on the basis of preserved fragments, remains”. This understanding of reconstruction also applies to the forensic approach. In this sense, the reconstruction of the course of the event on the basis of traces of the use of firearms will be a form of comprehensive examination, taking into account aspects of knowledge about weapons, forensic ballistics and knowledge in the field of forensics and forensic medicine. The result of such reconstruction shows the most probable course of the event and allows you to eliminate some of the previously created versions of the event. This method has been successfully used for several years as part of forensic expertise. The right moment for ordering of such type of examination by the trial body is the advanced course of the proceedings, when the trial body has already collected a considerable amount of information and conducted certain evidence. There is so little information in the early stages of the procedure that it is difficult to perform such a reconstruction. Such studies concern the entirety of the collected material and the more of it, the more reliable are the results of the reconstruction. Practice shows that the traces of the use of a firearm offer great reconstruction possibilities.