Gunshot wounds : practical aspects of firearms, ballistics, and forensic techniques /: practical aspects of firearms, ballistics, and forensic techniques. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vincent J.M. DiMaio.
• Authors: Di Maio, Vincent J. M, 1941-
• Contents: Firearms and Ammunition; Small Arms; Ammunition; Bullets; Civilian Firearms in the United States; Right-to-Carry Permits; Source of Firearms Used By Criminals; References; General References; ; Forensic Aspects of Ballistics; Class and Individual Characteristics of Bullets; Comparison of Bullets; Cartridge Cases; National Integrated Ballistic Information Network; Base Markings on Bullets; Examination of Bullets for Tissue and Foreign Material; DNA Typing of Tissue on Bullets and Cartridge Cases; Fingerprints and Examination of Firearms for DNA; Black Powder Firearms; Discharge of a Firearm; Hang Fires—Misfires; References; General References; ; Wound Ballistics; Theory of Wounding; Wounding Characteristics of Handgun and Rifle Bullets; References; General References; ; Introduction to the Classification of Gunshot Wounds; Contact Wounds; Hard-Contact Wounds; Near-Contact Wounds; Intermediate-Range Wounds; Distant Gunshot Wounds; Soot; Cylinder Gap; Silencers: Sound Suppressors; Muzzle Brakes/Compensators; Flash Suppressors; Gas Ports/Vents; Miscellaneous Powder Patterns; Entrance Wounds; Microscopic Examination of Gunshot Wounds; Fate of Tissue from Entrance and Exit Defects; Graze/Tangential/Superficial Perforating Entrance Wounds; Stippling: Powder Tattooing and Pseudopowder Tattooing; Ricochet Bullets; Bone; Atypical Bullet Wounds of the Skull; Nonpenetrating Fatal Cranial Cavity Wounds; Intracranial Pressure Waves and Secondary Fractures of the Skull; Pseudoexit Wounds; Caliber Determination from Entrance Wounds in Skin and Bone; Bullet Wipe; Backspatter; References; ; Wounds due to Handguns; Handgun Wounds; Gas Injuries; Timed Test Firings; Muzzle Velocity of Saturday Night Specials; Addendum: Centerfire Handgun Cartridges; References; ; Wounds from Rimfire Firearms; .22 Magnum; .22 Short, Long, and Long Rifle Cartridges; .22 Ammunition; .177 Rimfire Ammunition; Wounds due to Rimfire Ammunition; References; General References; ; Wounds from Centerfire Rifles; Muskets; Breech-Loading Rifles; Centerfire Rifle Bullets; Assault Rifles; Addendum: Common American Rifle Calibers; References; General Reference; ; Wounds from Shotguns; Shotgun Ammunition; Shot; Wound Ballistics of the Shotgun; Shotgun Wounds; Miscellaneous Observations; Taurus Judge; References; ; Bloody Bodies and Bloody Scenes; Physical Activity Following Gunshot Wounds; Exsanguination; Wounds Seen in the Emergency Room; Minimal Velocities Necessary to Perforate Skin; Bullet Emboli; Gunshot Wounds of the Brain; Intrauterine Gunshot Wounds; Lead Poisoning from Retained Bullets; Location of Fatal Gunshot Wounds; Behavior of Ammunition and Gunpowder in Fires; Blunt Force Injuries from Firearms; Multiple Gunshot Wounds through One Entrance; Falling Bullets; Reaction-Response Times in Handgun Shootings; Nonlethal/Less-Lethal Ballistic Weapons; References; ; Weapons and Ammunition: Miscellaneous; Air/Nonpowder Guns; Paintballs; Zip Guns; Nail Guns and Powder-Actuated Tools; Captive Bolt Devices (Pistols); Bang Stick, Power Head, or Shark Stick; Sympathetic Discharge of Rimfire Firearms; Bullets without Rifling Marks; Elongated Bullets; Cast Bullets; Sabot Ammunition; Tandem Bullets; Handgun Ammunition; Hollow-Point Design; Flechettes; Blank Cartridge Injuries; Interchangeability of Ammunition in Weapons; Markings and Foreign Material on Bullets; Effect of Environmental Temperature on Bullet Velocity; References; ; X-Rays; Virtual Autopsy: Virtopsy®; References; ; Detection of Gunshot Residues; Gunshot Residue; SEM-EDX; References; ; Correct Handling of Deaths from Firearms; Autopsy Report; Who Should Perform the Autopsy?; Reference; ; Suicide by Firearms; Suicide by Firearms; Suicides due to Long Arms; Gunshot Wound Suicides: Miscellaneous; Accidental Deaths from Firearms; Slam-Fires; More Guns: More Accidents, Homicides, and Suicides?; References; ; Appendix A: Stopping Power and Hollow-Point Pistol Ammunition; ; Appendix B: Forensic Autopsy in Gunshot Wound Cases
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 614.1; Gunshot wounds; Forensic ballistics; Forensic pathology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498725705
• Related ISBNs: 9781498725699
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