Gunshot Wounds : Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques by , Vincent J. M. Di Maio - gebrauchtes Buch

Written by America'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. New topics in this second edition include: - Use of DNA and cytology to associate a bullet recovered at the scene to a deceased - Bang guns - Rubber and plastic bullets - Muzzle brakes - Captive-bolts - Ballistics of bullets fired straight up into the air - Stellate wounds due to distant gunshot wounds of the head - Hangfires; slamfires - Wounds due to assault rifles Updated and expanded topics in this edition include: - Wounds due to air rifles; bullet emboli - Blowback of blood on weapons and hands in suicide cases - Richochets - Suicides With 78 new photos that depict exactly what to look for and how to interpret gunshot wounds and evidence TOC:Firearms and Ammunition.- The Forensic Aspects of Ballistics.- Wound Ballistics.- An Introduction to the Classification of Gunshot Wounds.- Wounds Due to Handgums.- Wounds from 22 Caliber.- Wounds from Centerfire Rifles.- Wounds from Shotguns.- Bloody Bodies and Bloody Scenes.- Weapons and Ammunition: Miscellaneous.- X-Rays.- Detection of Gunshot Residues.- Correct Handling of Deaths from Firearms.- Suicide by Firearms.- Appendix A: "Stopping Power" and Hollow-Point Pistol Ammunition.- Appendix B: The Forensic Autopsy in Gunshot Wound Cases.