INVESTIGATION OF HANDGUN WOUNDS (PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERIES)

• NCJ Number: 43990
• Author(s): C S PETTY; V J DIMAIO
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc of Clinical Pathologists
• Sale Source: American Soc of Clinical Pathologists
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 25 MINUTES, COLOR VIDEOTAPE, 1975 42-PAGE BOOKLET, 11 COLOR SLIDES, AND 5-PAGE POST-TEST INCLUDED

Annotation

THE VIDEOTAPE AND COMPANION MATERIAL FOCUS ON FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF DEATHS DUE TO HANDGUN WOUNDS; DEATH-SCENE AND PREAUTOPSY PROCEDURES, TYPES OF HANDGUN WOUNDS, AND WOUND CHARACTERISTICS ARE DISCUSSED.

Abstract

PROCEDURES FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDE: COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES WITH POLICE; DEATH SCENE DOCUMENTATION; EXAMINATION OF VICTIMS; SEARCH FOR EXIT WOUNDS; COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE; PREPARATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF BODIES; EXAMINATION OF BODIES AT THE MORGUE; MATERIALS EMITTED FROM HANDGUNS, TYPES OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCES; AND ANALYSIS OF A MULTIPLE-DEATH CASE. WAYS IN WHICH FORENSIC AUTOPSIES DIFFER FROM HOSPITAL AUTOPSIES ARE DISCUSSED. FORMS AND A GLOSSARY OF TERMS ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).