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WOUNDING BY FIREARMS AND ITS INVESTIGATION - MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS (FROM WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMINAR ON THE INVESTIGATION OF FIREARMS, BOMBINGS AND EXPLOSIVES PROCEEDINGS, WICHITA (KS) MAY 18-19 1977 - SEE NCJ-42616)

NCJ Number
42619
Author(s)
C G WILBER
Date Published
1977
Length
8 pages
Annotation
THIS PRESENTATION DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BULLET STRIKES AN OBJECT SUCH AS THE BODY.
Abstract
THROUGH LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, A NUMBER OF CHARACTERISTICS OF A STRIKING BULLET HAVE BEEN DETERMINED. SOME OF THE FACTORS BEARING ON THIS, INCLUDE IMPACT ENERGY, SECONDARY MISSILES, BARREL LENGTH, AND HOLLOW POINT BULLETS. THE GENERAL THEORY OF SMALL ARMS WOUNDING EFFECTIVENESS IS DISCUSSED. TISSUE STRUCTURE AND NEUROLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY CONCERN THE BALLISTICS TECHNICIAN....BDS

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