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Shooting incident reconstruction /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haag, Michael G.
Otros Autores: Haag, Lucien C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, [2021]
Edición:Third edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the third edition of Shooting Incident Reconstruction
  • Introduction to the second edition by Michael Haag
  • Introduction to the first edition by Lucien C. (Luke) Haag
  • Further reading
  • 1 Case approach, philosophy, and objectives
  • Why this book?
  • Reconstruction-the ultimate goal of criminalistics
  • Basic kills and approach to casework
  • Qualifications
  • General philosophy
  • The scientific method
  • Specific considerations
  • 5058 Ask yourself these key questions
  • Concluding comments
  • Shooting reconstruction objectives
  • Case decisions related to the admissibility of scientific evidence
  • Chapter knowledge
  • Further reading
  • 2 Working shooting scenes
  • Authors' notes
  • The team
  • Working the scene
  • Shooting scene photography
  • Ammunition components
  • Photography of firearms at shooting incident scenes
  • Revolvers
  • Semiautomatic pistols
  • Investigation teams and laboratory work
  • New, not-so-new, and emerging techniques in shooting scene investigations
  • Case examples
  • Emerging technology
  • Summary
  • Chapter knowledge
  • Further reading
  • 3 The reconstructive aspects of class characteristics and a limited universe
  • Bullet design and construction
  • Case examples
  • Case 1
  • Case 2
  • Case 3
  • A bullet renaissance-the fear of lead and marketing
  • Class characteristics and fired cartridge casings
  • Case example
  • Class characteristics imparted by firearms to fired bullets
  • Case example
  • Propellant morphology
  • Case example
  • Analytical approach
  • Case example
  • Revolvers and the limited universe
  • Some concluding comments regarding powder stippling of skin.
  • Worth of weight
  • Derivation of sphere diameter from weight
  • Lead
  • Steel and bismuth spheres
  • Summary
  • Chapter knowledge
  • Further reading
  • 4 Suspected bullet impact sites and bullet holes
  • The question of bullet holes in common materials
  • Determining direction of travel
  • Empirical testing
  • An example of a bullet hole issue-bullet holes in wood
  • Considerations and solution
  • Bullet holes in some typical materials
  • Bullet holes in fabrics and garments made of nylon and polyester
  • Summary
  • Chapter knowledge
  • Further reading
  • 5 Some useful reagents and their application
  • Testing for copper residues
  • Pretest considerations
  • Materials and reagents
  • Theory
  • Dithioxamide procedure for copper residues
  • 2-Nitroso-1-naphthol procedure for copper residues
  • Chlorindazon-DS as an alternate or supplemental regent for copper
  • For lead residues
  • Introduction
  • Materials and reagents for the sodium rhodizonate test
  • Procedure for the sodium rhodizonate test for lead residues
  • Verification of reagents
  • Direct application methods
  • Case example
  • "Lifting" or transfer method
  • Dimethylglyoxime test for nickel residues.