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Firearms, the law, and forensic ballistics /

By: Warlow, T. A. (Tom A.).
Series: International forensic science and investigation series.Publisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xviii, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415316014 (alk. paper); 9780415316019:.Subject(s): Forensic ballistics -- Great Britain | Forensic ballistics | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- Great BritainDDC classification: 344.420533
Contents:
The beginnings -- Firearms legislation and the definition of a firearm -- Marks and microscopy: the emergence of a new science -- Manufacture, mechanisms, and design aspects of firearms -- Internal ballistics -- External ballistics and cartridge loadings -- Terminal/wound ballistics and distance of firing -- The scene of the shooting incident -- Examination of exhibits at the laboratory -- Presentation of evidence to the courts -- Proof marks and the proof of firearms -- Appendix 1: Useful data -- Appendix 2: German ordance codes used between 1938 and 1945.
Summary: A reference on the forensic science of firearms, this text describes what happens when a weapon is fired in terms of internal, external and terminal, or wound, ballistics and the consequences of these happenings for the forensic scientist both at the scene of the shooting incident and in the laboratory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The beginnings -- Firearms legislation and the definition of a firearm -- Marks and microscopy: the emergence of a new science -- Manufacture, mechanisms, and design aspects of firearms -- Internal ballistics -- External ballistics and cartridge loadings -- Terminal/wound ballistics and distance of firing -- The scene of the shooting incident -- Examination of exhibits at the laboratory -- Presentation of evidence to the courts -- Proof marks and the proof of firearms -- Appendix 1: Useful data -- Appendix 2: German ordance codes used between 1938 and 1945.

A reference on the forensic science of firearms, this text describes what happens when a weapon is fired in terms of internal, external and terminal, or wound, ballistics and the consequences of these happenings for the forensic scientist both at the scene of the shooting incident and in the laboratory.

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