Shooting Incident Reconstruction

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-12-382241-3
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 1135 g

Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Second Edition, offers a thorough explanation of matters from simple to complex to help the reader understand the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes.

Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, along with the subsequent analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate crimes from theft to murder necessitates numerous invitations to reconstruct shooting incidents. The discharge of firearms and the behavior of projectiles create many forms of physical evidence that, through proper testing and interpretation by a skilled forensic scientist, can establish what did and what did not occur.

Written by the world's most well-respected shooting scene and ballistics experts, the book addresses the terminology, science, and factors involved in reconstructing shooting incident events to solve forensic cases. It covers the full range of related topics including: the range from which a firearm was discharged; the sequence of shots in a multiple discharge shooting incident; the position of a firearm at the moment of discharge; and the position of a victim at the moment of impact. The probable flight path of a projectile and the manner in which a firearm was discharged are also discussed. Case studies illustrate real-world application of technical concepts, supported by over 200 full-color diagrams and photographs.

This book will be of value to practicing forensic scientists (firearm and toolmark examiners), ballistics experts, crime scene personnel, police departments, forensic consultants (generalists), attorneys and judges, medical examiners (coroners), and forensic pathologists.

Zielgruppe

PRIMARY MARKET: (audience) The audience would include practicing forensic scientists (firearm and toolmark examiners), ballistics experts, crime scene personnel, police departments, and forensic consultants (generalists). Forensic professionals in law enforcement and other similar government agencies.
SECONDARY MARKET: (audience) Attorneys and judges involved in criminal cases and litigation involving shootings, universities offering forensic science programs, medical examiners (coroners), and forensic pathologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haag, Michael G

Haag, Lucien C

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Polizeitechnik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Case Approach2. Working Shooting Scenes3. The Reconstructive Aspects of Class Characteristics and a Limited Universe4. Is it a Bullet Hole?5. Some Useful Reagents and Their Application6. Distance And Orientation Derived from Gunshot Residue Pattterns7. Projectile Penetration and Perforation8. Projectiles and Glass9. Projectile Ricochet and Deflection10. The Principles of "Trajectory� Reconstruction11. Gunshot Wounds and Trajectories in Human Bodies12. Trace Evidence Considerations Associated with Firearms Evidence13. True Ballistics: Long Distance Shootings and Falling Bullets14. Cartridge Case Ejection and Ejection Patterns15. The Shooting of Motor Vehicles16. Shotgun Shootings and Evidence17. The Sound Levels of Gunshots, Supersonic Bullets, and Other Impulse Sounds18. Ultimate Objectives, Reports and Court Presentation

Über Autor(innen)

Haag, Michael G
Michael Haag is the Technical Leader in the Firearm & Tool Mark Unit, in the Scientific Evidence Division for the Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department. Mr. Haag has held this position for over 20 years. In addition, he is also a member of the Albuquerque Police Department Major Crime Scene Team and a Blood Alcohol Analyst.

Mr. Haag is a Distinguished Member of the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE), is the Editor of AFTE News, Assistant Editor of the AFTE; and a member of the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS), the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENSFI), the Southwest Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS) and the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR).

Mr. Haag also conducts regular training, seminars and workshops around the world for the AFTE, FBI, IAI, AAFS and ASCLAD, to name a few. Mr. Haag was co-author with his father on the highly successful second edition of Shooting Incident Reconstruction, which published in 2011.