Gunshot Wounds (Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, Third Edition)

Written by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, this third edition of a bestseller provides critical updates to information on gunshot wounds and the weapons and ammunition used to inflict them. The book describes practical aspects of ballistics, wound ballistics, and the classification of various wounds caused by handguns, bang guns, rifles, and shotguns. It also explains autopsy techniques, procedures, and laboratory analyses relating to weapons and gunshot evidence.