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Wikipedia: Calvin Hooker Goddard

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The encyclopedia article on Calvin Hooker Goddard, the American forensic scientist who pioneered forensic firearms identification using the comparison microscope. Corrects a dead-link defect: the atlas's existing wikipedia-calvin-goddard source points at a Wikipedia disambiguation page rather than this dedicated biography.

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Hooker_Goddard
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
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Wikipedia: Calvin Hooker Goddard
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Hooker_Goddard
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Wikipedia: Calvin Hooker Goddard
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wikipedia: Calvin Hooker Goddard
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Calvin Goddard brought professionalism, the use of the scientific method, and reliability to Forensic Firearm Identification, at a time when charlatanism was rampant in this field.
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Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)

This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminologists and Reformers, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Forensic Disciplines and Methods, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

15

Criminologists and Reformers

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

Holds

1

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

General References

3

Criminologists and Reformers

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

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