Gunshot Wounds Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques

Name: Gunshot Wounds Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques
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ISBN: 9780849381638

ISBN-10: 0849381630

ISBN-13: 9780849381638

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Vincent J. M. Di Maio

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Written by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, Second Edition provides critical information on gunshot wounds and the weapons and ammunition used to inflict them. The book describes practical aspects of ballistics, wound ballistics, and the classification of various wounds caused by handguns, bang guns, rifles, and shotguns. The final chapters explain autopsy technique and procedure and laboratory analysis relating to weapons and gunshot evidence.

Book details

List price: $164.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 12/30/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 422
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Editor's Note



Firearms and Ammunition



The Forensic Aspects of Ballistics



Wound Ballistics



An Introduction to the Classification of Gunshot Wounds



Wounds Due to Handguns



Wounds from .22 Caliber Rimfire Weapons



Wounds from Centerfire Rifles



Wounds from Shotguns



Bloody Bodies and Bloody Scenes



Miscellaneous Weapons and Ammunition



X-rays



Detection of Gunshot Residues



Correct Handling of Deaths from Firearms



Suicide by Firearms



"Stopping Power" and Hollow-Point Pistol Ammunition: Myths and Facts



The Forensic Autopsy in Gunshot Wound Cases


Index