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NCJ Number: 183652 Find in a Library
Title: Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor, NIJ Standard-0115.00
Document: PDF
Date Published: September 2000
Annotation: This standard establishes minimum performance requirements and test methods for the stab resistance of personal body armor intended to protect the torso against slash and stab threats.
Abstract: The scope of the standard is limited to stab resistance only. The standard does not directly address slash threats. However, stab threats are the more difficult to defeat, and body armor capable of defeating stab threats will perform satisfactorily against slash threats. The threat posed by a knife depends on, among other things, its sharpness, pointedness, style, handle and blade design, attacking angle, and the attacker’s physical condition and skill. Because these parameters can vary widely from one situation to another, armors that will defeat a standard test blade may not defeat other knife designs under similar conditions or the same knife design if other attacking parameters are changed. The threats treated in this standard are from hand-delivered impacts with sharp-edged and/or pointed instruments whose point or tip lies near the centerline of the clenched fist holding the weapon. Tables, figures, note, appendixes
Main Term(s): Criminology
Index Term(s): Body armor/Personal protective equipment; Knives; Personal Security/Self Protection; Police equipment; Protective equipment; Science and Technology; Stabbings; Testing and measurement; Uniform clothing
Grant Number: 94-IJ-R-004;
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3460
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
US Dept of Justice
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Corporate Author: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
United States of America
Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
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Page Count: 45
Format: Document
Type: Report (Technical)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: NIJ Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program
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