Shooting incident reconstruction / Lucien Haag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haag, Lucien C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic ballistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, and the subsequent analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate crimes from theft to murder necessitates numerous invitations to reconstruct shooting incidents. The discharge of firearms and the behavior of projectiles create many forms of physical evidence that, through proper testing and interpretation by a skilled forensic scientist, can establish what did and what did not occur. This book is generated from the authors n

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Color Plates; Introduction; 1 Case Approach, Philosophy, and Objectives; 2 The Reconstructive Aspects of Class Characteristics and a Limited Universe; 3 Is it a Bullet Hole?; 4 Some Useful Reagents and their Application; 5 Distance and Orientation Derived from Gunshot Residue Patterns; 6 Projectile Penetration and Perforation; 7 Projectile Ricochet and Deflection; 8 The Principles of ""Trajectory"" Reconstruction; 9 The Shooting of Motor Vehicles; 10 Bullet Track (""Trajectory"") Determinations in Gunshot Victims

11 Trace Evidence Considerations Associated with Firearms Evidence: Evidentiary and Reconstructive Aspects12 Cartridge Case Ejection and Ejection Patterns; 13 True Ballistics: Long Range Shootings and Falling Bullets; 14 Shotgun Shootings and Evidence; 15 Ultimate Objectives, Reports, and Court Presentation; Appendix; Glossary; Index; Color Plates

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-05027-X

9786611050276

0-08-048089-6

OCLC:

437181529