Heike Hofmann, Professor of Statistics at Iowa State University, joins the show to discuss forensic bullet matching. Hofmann explains how bullet striations are created, how she uses statistical analysis when matching bullets, how she became involved in this field, and much more.

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Heike Hofmann @heike_hh
Gus Hurwitz @GusHurwitz
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Links
Automatic Matching of Bullet Land Impressions by Heike Hofmann
Comparison of Three Similarity Scores for Bullet LEA Matching by Heike Hofmann
The X Files
Nebraska Governance and Technology Center