Wound Ballistics

Basics and Applications

Beat P. Kneubuehl, Robin M. Coupland, Michael Thali , Markus A. Rothschild

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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
12 August 2022

Crime & criminology; Pathology; Accident & emergency medicine; Forensic medicine; General surgery

The definitive interdisciplinary reference work for wound ballistics

Basics

The book begins by providing the necessary basic knowledge about physics, ballistics and ammunition and weapons. Then it describes the behaviour of projectiles in humans and animals (the physics of gunshot injuries) and introduces the experimental simulation of gunshot wounds, including the materials suitable for this purpose.

Applications

These basic principles can be applied in forensic medicine and criminalistics. The gunshot wound provides some forensic traces and the experimental reconstruction helps to understand the dynamic crime process. The wounding potential of non-lethal weapons can be determined.

In emergency and war surgery, injuries caused by small arms bullets and fragments as well as by gas jets (of gas weapons) can be assessed.

International conventions could be freed from undefined terms (such as “unnecessary suffering”) with the help of physical quantities.

Reference work

Detailed tables as e. g. ballistic data of numerous cartridge types, also older ones, material properties, as well as many otherwise difficult to access data and a trilingual glossary of ballistic and technical terms in the languages German, English and French.

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Wound Ballistics of European Police ammunition

References to recent research results

Partly coloured illustrations

Due to the increase in terrorist and criminal activities worldwide, it is not only members of the armed forces who are affected. Surgeons, forensic doctors, police officers and criminalists also need to know and be able to assess the specifics of gunshot wounds.

Contributions by: Robin M. Coupland, Michael Thali, Markus A. Rothschild
Edited by: Beat P. Kneubuehl
Translated by: Steve Rawcliffe
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2nd ed. 2022
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 975g
ISBN: 9783662648544
ISBN 10: 3662648547
Pages: 516
Publication Date: 12 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Beat P. Kneubuehl Dr. sc. forens., MD h. c., M.Sc. in Mathematics Director bpk consultancy gmbh CH Thun