Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D. (Chief Medical Examiner, Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Edition: 2nd New edition
Volume: 62
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9780849381638
ISBN 10: 0849381630
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 30 December 1998
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781498725699
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION: An excellent presentation of gunshot injuries including an abundance of information regarding weapons and ammunitionan absolute necessity within the library of any individual who deals with gunshot injuries. -Irvin M. Sopher, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner, State of West Virginia is an excellent composite of experience and chapters relating to firearms and ammunitions, the forensic aspects of ballistics, gunshot wounds classification and types, direction of fire, suicide and an overview of crime scene collection and handling of evidence. -Crime & Justice International, July/August 1999 ABOUT THE SECOND EDITION: Dr. Di Maio's vast knowledge and practical experience led to his first edition becoming mandatory reading within the forensic firearms community. This information, coupled with newly published research, has made this book the most current and comprehensive text on gunshot wounds. --Kramer Powley and Dean Dahlstrom, Canadian Society of Forensic Science, Vol. 33, No. 2
