Terminal Ballistics: A Text and Atlas of Gunshot Wounds

HARDWARE Anatomy of Handguns, Rifles, and Shotguns Smooth Bore (Shotgun) Ammunition Handgun Ammunition Centerfire Rifle Ammunition The .22 Rimfire Propellants INJURY PATTERNS "Pathological" Range of Fire The .22 Rimfire Projectile Handgun Injury Patterns Center Fire Rifle Injury Patterns Shotgun Injury Patterns Black Powder Firearms Injuries from Air Pistols and Air Rifles Nail Gun Injuries The Intermediary Target, Atypical Wounds, and Miscellaneous Gunshot Injury Patterns Illegal Modification of Firearms and Home Made Weapons Bone Injury, the Skull, and the Concept of Bevelling The Internal Organs The Mimics of Gunshot Injury - Injuries in Life and Post Mortem Artifacts Exit Wounds TECHNIQUE Management of the Gunshot Wound Surgical Resection Specimen Gunshot Residue Sampling and the Ballistics Expert Radiology The Gunshot Homicide - the Crime Scene The Gunshot Homicide - the Autopsy and Report Forensic Photography, K. Byrne Forensic Entomology as Applied to Gunshot Injury Field Work in a Theatre of War - Human Rights APPENDIX