Package {forensicR}

Title: Crime Scene Documentation and Reconstruction Tools
Version: 0.0.6
Description: Supports crime scene investigators in documenting and reconstructing scenes. Scene points are mapped from field measurements (baseline, triangulation, polar). Shooting incidents are reconstructed from bullet defects with explicit uncertainty, following the methods described in Haag and Haag (2020, ISBN:9780128193976) and Hueske (2015, ISBN:9781498707664). Evidence and custody are logged in a structured form, and reproducible scene reports are rendered to Word, PDF or HTML.
Date: 2026-09-30
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
Language: en-US
URL: https://github.com/kaquadros/forensicR
BugReports: https://github.com/kaquadros/forensicR/issues
Suggests: gridExtra, htmltools, htmlwidgets, knitr, png, rayrender, rgl, testthat, withr
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
Imports: cli, digest, ggplot2, rlang, rmarkdown, tibble
Config/roxygen2/version: 8.1.0
VignetteBuilder: knitr
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-09-30 15:50:52 UTC; allan
Author: Karine Quadros [aut, cre], Allan Quadros [aut]
Maintainer: Karine Quadros <kquadros@dgso.org>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-10-10 10:50:07 UTC

forensicR: Crime Scene Documentation and Reconstruction Tools

Description

Supports crime scene investigators in documenting and reconstructing scenes. Scene points are mapped from field measurements (baseline, triangulation, polar). Shooting incidents are reconstructed from bullet defects with explicit uncertainty, following the methods described in Haag and Haag (2020, ISBN:9780128193976) and Hueske (2015, ISBN:9781498707664). Evidence and custody are logged in a structured form, and reproducible scene reports are rendered to Word, PDF or HTML.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Karine Quadros kquadros@dgso.org

Authors:

See Also

Useful links:

Place an object against a wall, as it is measured in the field

Description

Position is given as the distance from the wall's left end (as seen from inside the room, see wall_from_room()) to the object's left edge, its length along the wall and its depth into the room.

Usage

along_wall(walls, side, from, length, depth, id, type, ..., room_id = "room")

Arguments

walls

Walls tibble from room_rect().

side

"north", "south", "east" or "west".

from

Distance from the left end of the wall to the object's left edge.

length

Extent along the wall.

depth

Extent into the room.

id, type

Passed to furniture().

...

Further arguments to furniture() (height, color, ...).

room_id

Group id of the room rectangle in walls.

Value

A one-row furniture tibble.

Examples

walls <- room_rect(0, 0, 6, 5)
along_wall(walls, "north", from = 0.5, length = 2.1, depth = 0.9, id = "Sofa", type = "sofa")

Segment with an assumed (not measured) deflection

Description

For the case where the bullet demonstrably passed through an object but its path after it was not documented. The segment continues the previous direction from the joint with a cone of possible deflections of standard deviation se_deflection (degrees, random orientation). The result is an assumption and is flagged as such in tables, plots and reports.

Usage

assumed_segment(
  previous,
  joint = NULL,
  length = 2,
  se_deflection = 10,
  id = "assumed"
)

Arguments

previous

The trajectory this segment continues.

joint

Exit point c(x, y, z). Default: the previous anchor.

length

Length of the assumed segment.

se_deflection

Standard deviation of the deflection angle, degrees.

id

Label.

Value

A trajectory with assumed = TRUE and a virtual anchor at joint + length * u.

Convert baseline (rectangular coordinate) measurements to XY

Description

The baseline method fixes a reference line between two known points (e.g. two wall corners). Each item is located by its distance along the baseline from the origin and its perpendicular offset from the line (positive to the left of the direction of travel).

Usage

coords_baseline(
  along,
  offset,
  origin = c(0, 0),
  end = c(1, 0),
  id = NULL,
  z = NA_real_,
  type = "evidence"
)

Arguments

along

Numeric. Distance along the baseline from the origin.

offset

Numeric. Perpendicular distance from the baseline. Positive values are to the left when walking from the origin toward the end point.

origin

Numeric length-2. XY of the baseline origin. Default c(0, 0).

end

Numeric length-2. XY of the baseline end point. Default c(1, 0) (baseline runs along the positive x-axis).

id

Optional character vector of item labels.

z

Optional numeric. Height above the floor of each item (e.g. a bullet defect in a wall). Default NA, i.e. floor level / not measured.

type

Optional character. Item type used by the 3D renderers: "evidence" (default, numbered marker), "defect" (bullet defect, dark disc on the wall) or "bloodstain" (schematic red disc).

Value

A tibble with columns id, x, y, z, type, method.

Examples

coords_baseline(along = c(2.4, 5.1), offset = c(1.2, -0.8), id = c("A1", "A2"))

Convert polar (azimuth/distance) measurements to XY

Description

For total-station or compass-and-tape work. Azimuths follow the survey convention: degrees clockwise from north (north = 0, east = 90).

Usage

coords_polar(
  distance,
  azimuth,
  station = c(0, 0),
  id = NULL,
  z = NA_real_,
  type = "evidence"
)

Arguments

distance

Numeric. Horizontal distance from the station.

azimuth

Numeric. Degrees clockwise from north.

station

Numeric length-2. XY of the instrument. Default c(0, 0).

id

Optional character vector of item labels.

z

Optional numeric. Height above the floor of each item (e.g. a bullet defect in a wall). Default NA, i.e. floor level / not measured.

type

Optional character. Item type used by the 3D renderers: "evidence" (default, numbered marker), "defect" (bullet defect, dark disc on the wall) or "bloodstain" (schematic red disc).

Value

A tibble with columns id, x, y, z, type, method.

Examples

coords_polar(distance = 10, azimuth = 90)   # 10 units due east

Convert triangulation measurements to XY

Description

Locates each item from its distances to two fixed reference points. Two mirror-image solutions exist; side picks the one to the left ("left", default) or right of the line from p1 to p2.

Usage

coords_triangulation(
  d1,
  d2,
  p1,
  p2,
  side = c("left", "right"),
  id = NULL,
  z = NA_real_,
  type = "evidence"
)

Arguments

d1, d2

Numeric. Distances from the item to reference points p1, p2.

p1, p2

Numeric length-2. XY of the two reference points.

side

"left" or "right" of the directed line p1 -> p2.

id

Optional character vector of item labels.

z

Optional numeric. Height above the floor of each item (e.g. a bullet defect in a wall). Default NA, i.e. floor level / not measured.

type

Optional character. Item type used by the 3D renderers: "evidence" (default, numbered marker), "defect" (bullet defect, dark disc on the wall) or "bloodstain" (schematic red disc).

Value

A tibble with columns id, x, y, z, type, method. Rows whose distances cannot meet (no triangle) get NA coordinates with a warning.

Examples

coords_triangulation(d1 = 3, d2 = 4, p1 = c(0, 0), p2 = c(5, 0))

Structured death scene observation record

Description

Captures what a crime scene investigator documents at a death scene. It records observations only; it makes no estimate of time since death, which is the medical examiner's or coroner's determination.

Usage

death_scene_record(
  rigor = "not assessed",
  livor = "not assessed",
  livor_position = NA_character_,
  decomposition = NA_character_,
  insects = NA_character_,
  ambient_temp_c = NA_real_,
  environment = NA_character_,
  clothing = NA_character_,
  body_position = NA_character_,
  observed_at = Sys.time(),
  observed_by = NA_character_,
  notes = NA_character_
)

Arguments

rigor

One of "absent", "developing", "complete", "resolving", "not assessed".

livor

One of "absent", "unfixed", "fixed", "not assessed".

livor_position

Character. Where livor is present and whether it is consistent with the body position found (free text).

decomposition

Character. Free text or agency scale.

insects

Character. Presence/type observed, if any.

ambient_temp_c

Numeric. Ambient temperature at the body, Celsius.

environment

Character. Indoor/outdoor, HVAC state, windows, sun exposure, etc.

clothing

Character.

body_position

Character.

observed_at

POSIXct. When the observations were made.

observed_by

Character.

notes

Character.

Value

A one-row tibble of class death_scene_record.

Create an empty evidence log

Description

An evidence log is a list of two tibbles: items (one row per evidence item) and custody (one row per custody event). It is deliberately a plain R object, not a database: it lives in the report's project folder and travels with the case file.

Usage

evidence_log(case_id, agency = NA_character_)

Arguments

case_id

Character. Agency case number.

agency

Character. Agency name.

Value

An object of class evidence_log.

Examples

log <- evidence_log("2026-001234", "Lawrence Police Department")

SHA-256 hash of files

Description

SHA-256 hash of files

Usage

file_hash(paths)

Arguments

paths

Character vector of file paths.

Value

Named character vector of hex digests.

Define a scene object (furniture, appliance, person)

Description

Objects are rectangular or circular footprints with a height. Rectangles are anchored at their south-west corner in their own frame and rotated counter-clockwise by angle about that corner; circles are anchored at their center. Height, color and label default from furniture_catalog() by type.

Usage

furniture(
  id,
  type,
  x,
  y,
  width = NULL,
  depth = NULL,
  diameter = NULL,
  height = NULL,
  z0 = 0,
  angle = 0,
  shape = c("rect", "circle"),
  anchor = NULL,
  color = NULL,
  alpha = 0.45,
  measured = TRUE,
  steps = NA_integer_,
  notes = NA_character_
)

Arguments

id

Character. Unique label (e.g. "Sofa", "Table 1").

type

Character. A type from furniture_catalog(), or any other string (then height is required).

x, y

Anchor position, scene units: south-west corner of a rectangle (before rotation) or the center of a circle. See anchor.

width, depth

Rectangle extent along its own x and y axes.

diameter

Circle diameter (use with shape = "circle").

height

Height above z0. Default from the catalog.

z0

Height of the object's base (e.g. a shelf). Default 0.

angle

Rotation in degrees, counter-clockwise, about the anchor.

shape

"rect" or "circle".

anchor

"sw" (default for rectangles) or "center".

color

Fill color. Default from the catalog.

alpha

Opacity 0 to 1 used in every view. Default 0.45, so what is behind an object stays visible.

measured

Logical. Were the dimensions measured (TRUE) or estimated (FALSE)? Estimated objects are drawn with dashed outlines and flagged in the report table.

steps

For type = "stairs": number of steps rising along the object's own x axis. The 3D view stacks them; obstruction checks use the stepped profile.

notes

Character.

Value

A one-row tibble of class furniture. Combine several with rbind().

Examples

f <- rbind(
  furniture("Table", "table", x = 3, y = 2, width = 1.2, depth = 0.8, angle = 15),
  furniture("Stool", "chair", x = 1.5, y = 1.2, diameter = 0.4, shape = "circle")
)

Catalog of object types with default height, color and label

Description

Used by furniture() and friends to fill in defaults. Heights are typical values and should be replaced by measurements whenever available.

Usage

furniture_catalog()

Value

A tibble with columns type, height, color, label.

Footprint polygons of scene objects

Description

Footprint polygons of scene objects

Usage

furniture_footprint(f)

Arguments

f

A furniture tibble.

Value

A tibble with columns id, x, y, type, color, alpha, measured, one row per vertex.

Axis-aligned object from two measured opposite corners

Description

Axis-aligned object from two measured opposite corners

Usage

furniture_from_corners(id, type, p1, p2, ...)

Arguments

id, type

Passed to furniture().

p1, p2

Numeric length-2 opposite corners c(x, y).

...

Further arguments to furniture().

Value

A one-row furniture tibble.

Summary table of scene objects for reports

Description

Summary table of scene objects for reports

Usage

furniture_table(f)

Arguments

f

A furniture tibble.

Value

A tibble with readable columns.

Impact angle from a bullet defect's ellipse

Description

For a projectile striking a flat surface, the angle of impact relative to the surface is approximated by asin(width / length) of the resulting elliptical defect (90 degrees is perpendicular). The relationship is reliable for non-yielding surfaces (drywall, wood, sheet metal); it is unreliable for glass, thick fabric, or when the defect is irregular. Near 90 degrees the estimate is inherently imprecise because the ellipse is almost circular; the Monte Carlo interval reflects that.

Usage

impact_angle(width, length, se = NULL, n_sim = 10000, level = 0.95)

Arguments

width, length

Numeric. Minor and major axis of the defect, same units.

se

Optional numeric. Measurement standard error for both axes. If supplied, a Monte Carlo interval is added (n_sim draws).

n_sim

Integer. Number of Monte Carlo draws.

level

Confidence level for the interval.

Value

A tibble with angle_deg and, if se is supplied, lower, upper and level.

Examples

impact_angle(width = 8, length = 16)          # 30 degrees
impact_angle(width = 8, length = 16, se = 0.5)

Convergence of two trajectories

Description

Finds the closest points between two back-projected trajectories. If the shots came from one position, the lines should pass close to each other behind both defects. The miss distance relative to its Monte Carlo spread tells you whether a common origin is supported; the midpoint estimates that origin.

Usage

intersect_trajectories(t1, t2, n_sim = 5000, level = 0.95)

Arguments

t1, t2

trajectory objects.

n_sim

Monte Carlo draws.

level

Interval level.

Value

A list with point (midpoint of closest approach, central estimate), miss_distance (central), behind_both (logical, central estimate lies behind both defects), summary (tibble of Monte Carlo quantiles for x, y, z and miss distance, plus p_behind_both) and samples (tibble of per-draw results).

Record a custody event

Description

Record a custody event

Usage

log_custody(
  log,
  item_id,
  event,
  from = NA_character_,
  to = NA_character_,
  at = Sys.time(),
  notes = NA_character_
)

Arguments

log

An evidence_log.

item_id

Character. Must already exist in log$items, except for the initial "collected" event written by log_item().

event

Character. E.g. "collected", "transferred", "sealed", "submitted to lab".

from, to

Character. Custodians.

at

POSIXct. Defaults to now.

notes

Character (optional).

Value

The updated evidence_log.

Add an evidence item to a log

Description

Any photo files supplied are hashed with SHA-256 at logging time so the report can show that the images referenced are the ones collected.

Usage

log_item(
  log,
  item_id,
  description,
  location = NA_character_,
  collected_by = NA_character_,
  collected_at = Sys.time(),
  packaging = NA_character_,
  photos = character(),
  notes = NA_character_
)

Arguments

log

An evidence_log.

item_id

Character. Unique item label (e.g. "1", "A-3").

description

Character.

location

Character. Where found; ideally a scene point id.

collected_by

Character.

collected_at

POSIXct. Defaults to now.

packaging

Character. E.g. "paper bag, sealed, initialed".

photos

Character vector of image paths (optional).

notes

Character (optional).

Value

The updated evidence_log.

A door or window segment for scene plots

Description

A door or window segment for scene plots

Usage

opening(x1, y1, x2, y2, type = c("door", "window"), id = NULL)

Arguments

x1, y1, x2, y2

End points of the opening along a wall.

type

"door" or "window".

id

Group label; defaults to a unique one.

Value

A tibble with columns x, y, group, type.

Possible origin of fire at assumed muzzle heights

Description

Projects a trajectory back until it reaches each assumed muzzle height and reports the horizontal distance from the defect and the XY position, with a Monte Carlo interval from the trajectory's angular uncertainty. This is the standard way to bound where a shooter could have been: the trajectory alone is a line; a plausible muzzle height turns it into a position.

Usage

origin_zone(
  trajectory,
  heights = c(standing = 1.5, kneeling = 1, prone = 0.3),
  max_distance = 50,
  furniture = NULL,
  n_sim = 5000,
  level = 0.95
)

Arguments

trajectory

A trajectory, or a trajectory_path (its first segment, the one on the shooter's side, is used).

heights

Named numeric vector of muzzle heights, scene units.

max_distance

Largest horizontal distance considered, scene units (e.g. the room or lot dimension). Near-horizontal draws otherwise project to absurd distances; anything beyond this limit counts as not reachable.

furniture

Optional furniture tibble. Draws whose origin falls inside an object are counted as not reachable (nobody fires from inside a wardrobe); the fraction excluded this way is returned as p_in_furniture.

n_sim

Monte Carlo draws.

level

Interval level.

Details

The default heights are illustrative shoulder-level values for standing, kneeling and prone shooters and must be replaced by case-specific values.

Value

A tibble with one row per height: position, height, horizontal_distance (median), hd_lower, hd_upper, x, y, and p_reachable, the fraction of draws in which the back-projected line reaches that height within max_distance (it cannot when, e.g., the shot traveled upward and the height is above the defect). Quantiles are computed over the reachable draws only, so read them together with p_reachable.

Examples

t <- trajectory_from_angles(c(4.8, 0, 1.35), 350, -8)
origin_zone(t)

Deflection angles and joint consistency of a path

Description

Deflection angles and joint consistency of a path

Usage

path_deflections(path, n_sim = 5000, level = 0.95)

Arguments

path

A trajectory_path.

n_sim

Monte Carlo draws.

level

Interval level.

Value

A tibble with one row per joint: joint, x, y, z, deflection_deg with lower/upper, miss_in (distance from the joint to the incoming segment's line, median and interval) and miss_out (same for the outgoing segment, back-projected). Large misses relative to the measurement uncertainty mean the documented segments do not meet at the joint. assumed flags joints whose outgoing segment is an assumption.

Plot scene points as a simple sketch

Description

Plot scene points as a simple sketch

Usage

plot_scene(
  points,
  units = "m",
  walls = NULL,
  furniture = NULL,
  furniture_alpha = NULL
)

Arguments

points

A tibble from one of the ⁠coords_*()⁠ functions, or several of them row-bound together.

units

Character. Axis unit label, e.g. "m" or "ft".

walls

Optional tibble of wall/door/window polylines with columns x, y, group and type; see room_rect() and opening().

furniture

Optional furniture tibble; see furniture().

furniture_alpha

Optional opacity overriding every object's own.

Value

A ggplot object.

Plot trajectories in plan or elevation view with uncertainty

Description

Plan view: bird's-eye XY with each trajectory drawn back from its defect by back units; faint lines are Monte Carlo draws and show the cone of uncertainty. Elevation view: height against horizontal distance back from the defect, one panel per trajectory, with assumed muzzle heights dashed.

Usage

plot_trajectories(
  trajectories,
  view = c("plan", "elevation"),
  back = 8,
  n_draw = 150,
  points = NULL,
  walls = NULL,
  furniture = NULL,
  furniture_alpha = NULL,
  convergence = FALSE,
  heights = c(standing = 1.5, kneeling = 1, prone = 0.3),
  units = "m"
)

Arguments

trajectories

A trajectory, a trajectory_path, or a list of them. Path segments are drawn between their joints; assumed segments are dashed and run forward from the joint.

view

"plan" or "elevation".

back

Distance to project back, scene units.

n_draw

Number of Monte Carlo lines to draw.

points

Optional scene points tibble (from ⁠coords_*()⁠) to overlay in plan view.

walls

Optional wall/door/window polylines for plan view; see room_rect() and opening().

furniture

Optional furniture tibble drawn in plan view.

furniture_alpha

Optional opacity overriding every object's own.

convergence

Plan view only. TRUE computes intersect_trajectories() for every pair and draws the Monte Carlo cloud of closest-approach points (only draws lying behind both defects) with the central estimate marked. Alternatively pass one result of intersect_trajectories() or a list of them. FALSE draws nothing.

heights

Muzzle heights to mark in elevation view.

units

Axis unit label.

Value

A ggplot object.

Elevation view of one wall

Description

The standard companion to the plan view: the wall drawn face-on with the position and height of everything on or near it (bullet defects, stains, openings). Items are selected by their perpendicular distance to the wall line; heights come from the z column of the points. Trajectory anchors are added as defects, with a short arrow showing the projected direction of flight into the wall.

Usage

plot_wall_elevation(
  wall,
  points = NULL,
  trajectories = NULL,
  walls = NULL,
  tol = 0.15,
  height = 2.5,
  door_height = 2,
  window_sill = 0.9,
  window_head = 2.1,
  units = "m",
  title = NULL,
  furniture = NULL,
  tol_furniture = 0.35,
  furniture_alpha = NULL
)

Arguments

wall

Numeric length-4 c(x1, y1, x2, y2); the first point appears on the left. See wall_from_room().

points

Optional scene points tibble with z.

trajectories

Optional trajectory or list of them.

walls

Optional walls tibble; door and window openings lying on this wall are drawn.

tol

Maximum perpendicular distance from the wall line for an item to be shown, scene units.

height

Wall (ceiling) height.

door_height, window_sill, window_head

Heights used to draw openings.

units

Axis unit label.

title

Plot title. Default built from the wall end points.

furniture

Optional furniture tibble. Objects whose footprint comes within tol_furniture of the wall are drawn as semi-transparent boxes with their height.

tol_furniture

Distance from the wall within which objects are shown.

furniture_alpha

Optional opacity overriding every object's own.

Value

A ggplot object.

Render a 3D reconstruction of the scene (rayrender)

Description

Builds a schematic, to-scale 3D model of the room from the same objects used by the 2D plots and renders it with 'rayrender': walls with door and window panels, a floor grid with numbered x/y axes, numbered evidence markers, bullet defects at their measured height, schematic bloodstain discs, trajectories as rods and their angular uncertainty as translucent cones. Deliberately schematic: courtroom demonstratives must be accurate and non-prejudicial, so nothing is rendered photo-realistically.

Usage

render_scene_3d(
  walls,
  points = NULL,
  trajectories = NULL,
  furniture = NULL,
  furniture_alpha = NULL,
  file,
  view = c("door", "corner", "overhead", "dollhouse"),
  lookfrom = NULL,
  lookat = NULL,
  fov = NULL,
  wall_height = 2.5,
  back = 3,
  cone = TRUE,
  grid = 1,
  grid_on = c("floor", "walls"),
  grid_strength = 0.6,
  grid_labels = TRUE,
  omit_wall = NULL,
  width = 1000,
  height = 750,
  samples = 128,
  ...
)

Arguments

walls

Walls tibble; see room_rect() and opening().

points

Optional scene points tibble (z and type used).

trajectories

Optional trajectory or list of them.

furniture

Optional furniture tibble; see furniture(). Objects are drawn as semi-transparent boxes (or cylinders) with a label on top.

furniture_alpha

Optional opacity overriding every object's own.

file

Output PNG path. No default: name the file explicitly, for example inside the case folder.

view

Camera preset: "door" (inside, at the door, eye level), "corner", "overhead", or "dollhouse" (from outside, south wall removed). Ignored if lookfrom is given.

lookfrom, lookat

Optional explicit camera position and target in scene coordinates c(x, y, z).

fov

Field of view in degrees. Default depends on view.

wall_height

Ceiling height.

back

Length of trajectory rods behind the defect.

cone

Logical. Draw the uncertainty cone for each trajectory.

grid

Grid spacing, scene units. 0 disables all grid lines.

grid_on

Where to draw grid lines: any of "floor" and "walls" (wall grids carry the z axis: verticals at each x/y tick and horizontals at each height tick). Use "none" for no lines but keep labels.

grid_strength

Number in 0 to 1 controlling how strongly grid lines stand out (line darkness and thickness). Wall lines are always drawn fainter than floor lines.

grid_labels

Logical. Draw the numbers: x/y along the floor edges and z at the start of each wall's horizontal grid line.

omit_wall

Optional side ("north", "south", "east", "west") to leave out so an outside camera can see in.

width, height, samples

Passed to rayrender::render_scene().

...

Further arguments to rayrender::render_scene().

Value

The output file path, invisibly.

Render a scene report to Word, PDF and/or HTML

Description

Renders an R Markdown scene report to one or more output formats. By default all three formats are produced so the investigator can pick the one their agency expects (Word for editing, PDF for submission, HTML for quick review). Every output ends with report_footer().

Usage

render_scene_report(
  input = NULL,
  output_dir,
  formats = c("docx", "pdf", "html"),
  params = list(),
  quiet = TRUE
)

Arguments

input

Path to an .Rmd file. Defaults to a fresh copy of the packaged scene-report template written to output_dir as scene-report.Rmd (overwritten on every run). To customize the template, copy it with scene_report_skeleton() under another name, edit it, and pass that path as input.

output_dir

Directory to write outputs to. Created if missing. There is no default: choose the case folder explicitly, for example "case-2026-000123".

formats

Character vector, any of "docx", "pdf", "html".

params

Named list passed to the document as params. The packaged template understands: case_id, agency, investigator, scene_date, units, narrative (markdown text), points (tibble from the ⁠coords_*()⁠ functions), shooting (a list with optional impact, from impact_angle(), and trajectory, from trajectory_2pt()), evidence (an evidence_log()) and death_scene (a death_scene_record()). Sections whose object is missing print a placeholder line.

quiet

Logical. Suppress pandoc/knitr output.

Value

Invisibly, a named character vector of output file paths.

See Also

report_footer(), scene_report_skeleton()

Description

Returns a single short sentence stating that the document was generated with forensicR, including the package version, R version and timestamp. Every report template appends this line at the bottom; it is deliberately small so it does not compete with the report content or the agency header.

Usage

report_footer(time = Sys.time(), tz = "")

Arguments

time

POSIXct. Timestamp to print. Defaults to Sys.time().

tz

Character. Time zone for the printed timestamp. Defaults to the session time zone.

Value

A length-one character vector.

Examples

report_footer()

Build a rectangular room outline for scene plots

Description

Returns a closed polyline in the format accepted by the walls argument of plot_scene() and plot_trajectories(): columns x, y, group and type. Combine several with rbind() and add openings with opening().

Usage

room_rect(x0, y0, width, depth, id = "room")

Arguments

x0, y0

Coordinates of the south-west corner.

width, depth

Extent along x (east) and y (north).

id

Group label.

Value

A tibble with columns x, y, group, type.

Examples

walls <- rbind(room_rect(0, 0, 6, 5),
               opening(2.5, 0, 3.5, 0, type = "door"))

Interactive 3D scene widget (rgl / WebGL)

Description

Same schematic model as render_scene_3d(), as an interactive widget the reader can rotate, zoom and walk around in an HTML report. Walls are semi-transparent so the inside stays visible from any angle.

Usage

scene_3d_widget(
  walls,
  points = NULL,
  trajectories = NULL,
  furniture = NULL,
  furniture_alpha = NULL,
  wall_height = 2.5,
  back = 3,
  cone = TRUE,
  grid = 1,
  grid_on = c("floor", "walls"),
  grid_strength = 0.6,
  grid_labels = TRUE,
  wall_alpha = 0.35,
  n_cone = 24,
  width = 800,
  height = 600
)

Arguments

walls

Walls tibble; see room_rect() and opening().

points

Optional scene points tibble (z and type used).

trajectories

Optional trajectory or list of them.

furniture

Optional furniture tibble; see furniture(). Objects are drawn as semi-transparent boxes (or cylinders) with a label on top.

furniture_alpha

Optional opacity overriding every object's own.

wall_height

Ceiling height.

back

Length of trajectory rods behind the defect.

cone

Logical. Draw the uncertainty cone for each trajectory.

grid

Grid spacing, scene units. 0 disables all grid lines.

grid_on

Where to draw grid lines: any of "floor" and "walls" (wall grids carry the z axis: verticals at each x/y tick and horizontals at each height tick). Use "none" for no lines but keep labels.

grid_strength

Number in 0 to 1 controlling how strongly grid lines stand out (line darkness and thickness). Wall lines are always drawn fainter than floor lines.

grid_labels

Logical. Draw the numbers: x/y along the floor edges and z at the start of each wall's horizontal grid line.

wall_alpha

Wall transparency (0 to 1).

n_cone

Number of lines used to sketch each uncertainty cone.

width, height

Widget size in pixels.

Value

An rglwidget htmlwidget.

Copy the packaged scene report template

Description

Copy the packaged scene report template

Usage

scene_report_skeleton(path, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

path

Destination path for the .Rmd file. No default: name the file explicitly.

overwrite

Logical. Overwrite an existing file?

Value

The destination path, invisibly.

Trajectory through two points on the bullet path

Description

Two defects (entry and exit of a wall, or defects in two surfaces), or a defect and a probe tip. Positional uncertainty in each coordinate is propagated to the direction.

Usage

trajectory_2pt(p1, p2, se_position = 0, id = "T1")

Arguments

p1, p2

Numeric length-3 c(x, y, z). p1 is closer to the shooter, p2 further along the flight. The trajectory is anchored at p2 (the impact); p1 is kept as ⁠$p1⁠ and becomes the joint when the object is used as a later segment of a trajectory_path().

se_position

Standard error of each coordinate, scene units.

id

Character label.

Value

An object of class trajectory with extra elements length (distance between the two points) and p1.

Examples

t <- trajectory_2pt(c(0, 0, 1.2), c(0, 2, 1.0), se_position = 0.01)
t$vertical_deg

Trajectory from angles measured at the defect (rod, laser or protractor)

Description

The most common field method: a trajectory rod or laser is placed through the defect(s) and its vertical angle (angle finder / inclinometer) and horizontal angle (protractor, or azimuth from a total station) are recorded. Angular uncertainty of about 5 degrees is commonly cited for rod-based work; adjust to what your method validation supports.

Usage

trajectory_from_angles(
  anchor,
  azimuth_deg,
  vertical_deg,
  se_azimuth = 5,
  se_vertical = 5,
  id = "T1"
)

Arguments

anchor

Numeric length-3 c(x, y, z) of the defect in scene frame.

azimuth_deg

Direction of flight, degrees clockwise from north.

vertical_deg

Degrees above horizontal; negative = downward flight.

se_azimuth, se_vertical

Standard errors of the two angles, degrees.

id

Character label.

Value

An object of class trajectory.

Examples

t <- trajectory_from_angles(c(4.8, 0, 1.35), azimuth_deg = 350, vertical_deg = -8)
t
t$project(3)   # point 3 m back toward the shooter

Trajectory from a single defect's ellipse on a vertical surface

Description

Combines the impact angle from the ellipse (impact_angle()) with the orientation of the ellipse's major axis on the surface and a directionality indicator (lead-in mark, pinch point, or exit beveling) to obtain a full 3D trajectory. Use only when a rod cannot be placed.

Usage

trajectory_from_defect(
  anchor,
  width,
  length,
  major_axis_deg,
  wall_azimuth_deg,
  came_from = c("above", "below", "left", "right"),
  se = 0.5,
  se_orientation = 5,
  id = "T1"
)

Arguments

anchor

Numeric length-3 c(x, y, z) of the defect.

width, length

Ellipse axes.

major_axis_deg

Orientation of the major axis on the surface as seen by an observer on the shooter's side facing the wall: 0 = vertical, 90 = horizontal, measured clockwise from 12 o'clock (range 0 to 180).

wall_azimuth_deg

Azimuth of the wall's outward normal, i.e. the direction the wall faces (toward the shooter), degrees clockwise from north. A wall on the north side of a room faces south: 180.

came_from

Which end of the major axis the bullet came from, as seen by that observer: "above", "below", "left" or "right".

se

Measurement SE of the ellipse axes.

se_orientation

SE of major_axis_deg, degrees.

id

Character label.

Value

An object of class trajectory.

Examples

# North wall, bullet came from above-right, 30 deg to the surface
trajectory_from_defect(c(2, 5, 1.4), width = 6, length = 12,
                       major_axis_deg = 45, wall_azimuth_deg = 180,
                       came_from = "above")

Which objects does a back-projected trajectory pass through?

Description

Samples each trajectory backwards from its defect and reports the distance intervals inside every object. A hit means the object is an intermediate target or an obstruction that must be reconciled with the evidence (a defect in it, or a bullet path that cannot be right).

Usage

trajectory_obstructions(trajectories, f, back = 6, step = 0.01)

Arguments

trajectories

A trajectory or list of them.

f

A furniture tibble.

back

Distance to trace back from the defect.

step

Sampling step along the line.

Value

A tibble with trajectory, object, from, to (distances back from the defect) and top_height. Zero rows if nothing is hit.

Build a segmented trajectory through intermediate targets

Description

Segments are ordered from the shooter's side to the terminal defect. Each segment is a trajectory whose anchor is the defect at the end of that segment (the entry into the intermediate target for segment 1, the terminal defect for the last). Joints are the exit points from each intermediate target; when a following segment was measured by two points its first point is used as the joint automatically, otherwise the previous segment's anchor is used (thin-target approximation, reported as such).

Usage

trajectory_path(..., joints = NULL, id = "P1")

Arguments

...

trajectory objects in order, or a single list of them.

joints

Optional list of c(x, y, z) exit points, one per joint (length(segments) - 1). NULL entries fall back to the defaults.

id

Path label.

Value

An object of class trajectory_path.

Examples

s1 <- trajectory_from_angles(c(4.0, 2.6, 0.5), 69, -30, id = "into table")
s2 <- trajectory_2pt(c(4.25, 3.1, 0.45), c(4.9, 5.0, 0.2), se_position = 0.01, id = "to wall")
p <- trajectory_path(s1, s2, id = "Shot 4")
p
path_deflections(p)

Summarize one or more trajectories as a table

Description

Summarize one or more trajectories as a table

Usage

trajectory_table(trajectories)

Arguments

trajectories

A trajectory, a trajectory_path, or a list of them.

Value

A tibble with one row per trajectory.

Wall segment of a rectangular room, ordered as seen from inside

Description

Convenience for plot_wall_elevation(): returns the end points of one side of a room built with room_rect(), ordered so that the first point is on the viewer's left when standing inside the room facing that wall.

Usage

wall_from_room(walls, side = c("north", "south", "east", "west"), id = "room")

Arguments

walls

A tibble from room_rect() (optionally with openings bound).

side

"north", "south", "east" or "west".

id

Group id of the room rectangle in walls. Default "room".

Value

Numeric length-4 c(x1, y1, x2, y2).