D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa
Gunshot Wounds
Tekijät: Pollak S, Saukko P
Toimittaja: Siegel JA, Saukko PJ, Houck MM
Kustantaja: Academic Press
Kustannuspaikka: Waltham
Julkaisuvuosi: 2013
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences
Aloitussivu: 70
Lopetussivu: 82
ISBN: 978-0-12-382165-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-382165-2.00165-3
Tiivistelmä
This article on gunshot wounds deals with the medicolegal aspects of fatalities from firearm injuries, with special emphasis on the morphological findings and their correct interpretation. The first part covers the interaction between the projectile and the human body and topics related to wound ballistics (e.g., stopping power, ability to act, causes of death). A major part of the article addresses the characteristics of bullet entrance/exit wounds and the classification of gunshot wounds according to the range of fire (e.g., contact shots, close/intermediate range shots, distant shots). Besides rifled firearm injuries, wounds from shotguns, blank-cartridge guns, and explosives are also described. With respect to the criminalistic implications of firearm injuries, the principles of medicolegal documentation and the main criteria for differentiating between suicide and homicide are also discussed. Numerous photographs from the forensic autopsy material are included in order to give an overview of the great variability of firearm injuries.
This article on gunshot wounds deals with the medicolegal aspects of fatalities from firearm injuries, with special emphasis on the morphological findings and their correct interpretation. The first part covers the interaction between the projectile and the human body and topics related to wound ballistics (e.g., stopping power, ability to act, causes of death). A major part of the article addresses the characteristics of bullet entrance/exit wounds and the classification of gunshot wounds according to the range of fire (e.g., contact shots, close/intermediate range shots, distant shots). Besides rifled firearm injuries, wounds from shotguns, blank-cartridge guns, and explosives are also described. With respect to the criminalistic implications of firearm injuries, the principles of medicolegal documentation and the main criteria for differentiating between suicide and homicide are also discussed. Numerous photographs from the forensic autopsy material are included in order to give an overview of the great variability of firearm injuries.
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