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Gunshot Wounds
Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, Third Edition
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eBook - PDF
Gunshot Wounds
Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, Third Edition
About this book
Written by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, this third edition of a bestseller provides critical updates to 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, rifles, and shotguns. It also explains autopsy techniques and procedures and laboratory analyses relating to weapons and gunshot evidence. A much-needed update after nearly 20 years, the third edition of Gunshot Wounds provides the latest and most thorough information on firearms and best practices for examining firearm-related wounds.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Editor’s Note
- Chapter 1: Firearms and Ammunition
- Chapter 2: Forensic Aspects of Ballistics
- Chapter 3: Wound Ballistics
- Chapter 4: Introduction to the Classification of Gunshot Wounds
- Chapter 5: Wounds due to Handguns
- Chapter 6: Wounds from Rimfire Firearms
- Chapter 7: Wounds from Centerfire Rifles
- Chapter 8: Wounds from Shotguns
- Chapter 9: Bloody Bodies and Bloody Scenes
- Chapter 10: Weapons and Ammunition : Miscellaneous
- Chapter 11: X-Rays
- Chapter 12: Detection of Gunshot Residues
- Chapter 13: Correct Handling of Deaths from Firearms
- Chapter 14: Suicide by Firearms
- Appendix A: Stopping Power and Hollow-Point Pistol Ammunition
- Appendix B: Forensic Autopsy in Gunshot Wound Cases
- Back Cover