Book Series

Designed to complement the annual Small Arms Survey and the periodical papers, our book series presents the findings of larger research projects. PDFs are available here.
 
 

'Primed and Purposeful':
Armed Groups and
Human Security Efforts
in the Philippines

'The Politics of Destroying
Surplus Small Arms':
Inconspicuous Disarmament

'Insecurity Is Also a War':
An Assessment of Armed
Violence in Burundi

Security and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction:
Dealing with fighters in
the aftermath of war

The Central African Republic
and Small Arms:
A Regional Tinderbox

Ammunition Tracing Kit:
Protocols and procedures
for recording small-calibre
ammunition

Afghanistan, Arms and
Conflict: Armed groups,
disarmament and security
in a post-war society

Conventional Ammunition
in Surplus: A Reference
Guide

No Refuge: The Crisis
of Refugee Militarization
in Africa

Targeting Ammunition:
A Primer

Armed and Aimless:
Armed Groups, Guns,
and Human Security in
the ECOWAS Region

Armés mais désoeuvrés:
Group armés, armes légères
et sécurité humaine dans
la région de la Cedeao

Ammunition Tracing Kit:
Protocols and procedures for recording small-calibre ammunition
developed by James Bevan, June 2008

The Ammunition Tracing Kit is designed to enable rapid, reliable, and responsible reporting of small-calibre ammunition in a variety of circumstances. It provides instructions for reporting on ammunition recovered at crime scenes and on cartridges collected during disarmament or weapons collection programmes; it also supplies guidelines for investigating parties to armed conflict or crime.

In addition, the Kit includes the information needed to judge the validity and reliability of the data collected, understand the limitations of tracing data, and generate comparable information. While offering guidance on issues such as safety considerations, the Tracing Kit also outlines the Small Arms Survey’s comprehensive, evidence-based approach to ammunition tracing and its commitment to providing secure, impartial, and timely analysis of ammunition data.

Download the full book:
Ammunition Tracing Kit (6.9 MB)
Kit de Traçage des Munitions (4.2 MB)

Download the sections:

Ammunition tracing tool
Bullet diameter guide
Prelims

Protocols tab page
Protocols

Manual tab page
Manual

Forms tab page with instructions
Ammunition Reporting Cover Sheet - ARCS
Ammunition Reporting Form (Long) - ARF(L)
Ammunition Reporting Form (Short) - ARF(S)