NCJ Number
25215
Date Published
1974
Length
74 pages
Annotation
AN ANALYSIS OF MEASURED PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IMPACTS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ALLEGEDLY LESS LETHAL PROJECTILES.
Abstract
THE ANALYSIS GIVES INDICATIONS AS TO WHICH PROJECTILE CHARACTERISTICS TEND TO CORRELATE MOST HIGHLY WITH DAMAGE AND WHICH CRITICAL PARTS OF THE BODY ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE/UNDESIRABLE EFFECT FROM THE VARIOUS PROJECTILES. IN ADDITION, SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ARE GIVEN AS TO WHAT CHARACTERISTICS TEND TO OPTIMIZE A 'KINETIC-ENERGY' DISPERSAL WEAPON. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)