3D打印已迅速发展并应用于法医学,因为它用于为法院创建演示。关于这一特定主题的许多文献都集中在学术界使用3D打印模型。对陪审团的潜在影响,以及它作为一个长期的文档过程的使用,但几乎没有真正的法医案例。本文介绍了3D打印在法医实践中的发展,以及3D打印目前如何在英格兰和威尔士的刑事司法系统中使用。从英国的多个警察部队和法医从业人员那里收集了一系列病例报告,以确定如何使用3D打印。这些讨论确定了谁要求3D打印展品,正在使用哪种类型的技术,正在印刷什么类型的展品,以及在刑事案件中使用3D打印材料的反馈。因此,这项研究展示了3D打印在英格兰和威尔士的当前使用,讨论已知结合3D打印的相关案例。同样,这项工作探索了法医从业人员遇到的局限性,并确定了一系列在未来调查中应考虑的研究问题。
3D printing has rapidly developed and been applied in forensic science due to its use in creating demonstrations for courts of law. Much of the literature on this specific topic has focused on the use of 3D printed models in academia, the potential influence on a jury, and its use as a long-term documentation process, but with few actual forensic
case examples. This paper offers an insight into the development of 3D printing in forensic practice and how 3D printing is currently being used in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.A series of
case reports were gathered from multiple police forces and forensic practitioners in the UK to identify how 3D printing was being used. These discussions established who was requesting 3D printed exhibits, what type of technologies were being utilised, what type of exhibits were being printed, and resulting feedback for the use of 3D printed material within a criminal
case. As a result, this research demonstrates the current use of 3D printing in England and Wales, discussing the associated cases that have been known to incorporate 3D prints. Likewise, this work explores the limitations that have been encountered by forensic practitioners and identifies a series of research questions that should be considered in future investigations.