Terminal Ballistics : A Text and Atlas of Gunshot Wounds

ISBN-13: 9780849335778 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 212 str.

Malcolm John Dodd; Karen Byrne

Opis

This comprehensive guide explains the science of forensic ballistics, focusing on the hardware, injury patterns, and forensic techniques associated with gunshot wounds. This extensive resource spans from firearm designs to crime scene investigation and forensic photography to autopsy reports and the mechanics of injuries.

Spis treści

HARDWARE
§ Anatomy of Handguns, Rifles, and Shotguns
§ Smooth Bore (Shotgun) Ammunition
§ Handgun Ammunition
§ Centerfire Rifle Ammunition
§ The .22 Rimfire
§ Propellants

INJURY PATTERNS
§ "Pathological" Range of Fire
§ The .22 Rimfire Projectile
§ Handgun Injury Patterns
§ Center Fire Rifle Injury Patterns
§ Shotgun Injury Patterns
§ Black Powder Firearms
§ Injuries from Air Pistols and Air Rifles
§ Nail Gun Injuries
§ The Intermediary Target, Atypical Wounds, and Miscellaneous Gunshot Injury Patterns
§ Illegal Modification of Firearms and Home Made Weapons
§ Bone Injury, the Skull, and the Concept of Bevelling
§ The Internal Organs
§ The Mimics of Gunshot Injury - Injuries in Life and Post Mortem Artifacts
§ Exit Wounds

TECHNIQUE
§ Management of the Gunshot Wound Surgical Resection
Specimen
§ Gunshot Residue Sampling and the Ballistics Expert
§ Radiology
§ The Gunshot Homicide - the Crime Scene
§ The Gunshot Homicide - the Autopsy and Report
§ Forensic Photography, K. Byrne
§ Forensic Entomology as Applied to Gunshot Injury
§ Field Work in a Theatre of War - Human Rights

APPENDIX

O autorze

Malcolm J. Dodd