Catching a Bullet: Gunshot Wound Trajectory Analysis Used to Establish Body Position

Abstract

Keywords

Forensic pathology Gunshot Trajectory Analysis Body position Sequence

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Karger

Penetrating gunshots to the head and lack of immediate incapacitation. I. Wound ballistics and mechanisms of incapacitation. Int J Legal Med. 1995; 108(2): 53–61. PMID: 8547159. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01369905.

Rhee

P.M.

, Moore

E.E.

, Joseph

Gunshot wounds: a review of ballistics, bullets, weapons, and myths. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Jun; 80(6): 853–67. PMID: 26982703. https://dx-doi-org-s.web.bisu.edu.cn/10.1097/TA.0000000000001037.

Maiden

Historical overview of wound ballistics research. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2009; 5(2): 85–9. PMID: 19466590. https://dx-doi-org-s.web.bisu.edu.cn/10.1007/s12024-009-9090-z.

DiMaio

V.J.M.

, DiMaio

Gunshot wounds: practical aspects of firearms, ballistics, and forensic techniques. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 1999. 422 p.