By Beat P. Kneubuehl, Robin Coupland, Markus A. Rothschild, Michael Thali
Interdisciplinary – THE work on wound ballistics
basics
- The necessary basic knowledge of physics, ammunition and weapons, ballistics
- Behavior of bullets in humans and animals (physics of gunshot wounds)
- Experimental simulation of gunshot wounds and the appropriate materials
applications
Forensic medicine and criminalistics
- The gunshot wound as a criminal clue (reconstruction of the course of the crime, shot distance)
- Non-lethal projectiles and their dangers
- Danger from projectiles
Emergency and War Surgery
- Assessing injuries from small arms bullets and fragments
- Gas jets (for blank and gas weapons)
International Conventions
- Physical measures of the injury potential (effectiveness) of projectiles and fragments
reference book
- Tables (ballistic data of numerous – also older – types of cartridges, material properties, as well as many otherwise difficult to access data)
- Trilingual glossary of subject-specific terms (German, English, French)
NEU
- Wound ballistics of police bullets
- References to recent research results
- Colored illustrations
The increase in terrorist and criminal activities worldwide is not limited to members of the armed forces. Surgeons, forensic pathologists, police officers and criminalists must also know and be able to assess the special features of gunshot wounds.
Product Details
- Publisher: Springer; 4. Aufl. 2022 edition (May 6, 2022)
- Language : German
- Hardcover : 543 pages
- ISBN-10 : 366264858X
- ISBN-13 : 978-3662648582
- ISBN-13 : 9783662648582
- eText ISBN: 9783662648599
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