Interdisciplinary THE reference work for wound ballistics
Fundamentals
- Physics, munitions and weapons, ballistics
Simulations of gunshot wounds
- Virtopsies (virtual autopsies combining CT, MRT and surface scanning)
- Materials that reproduce the characteristics of soft tissue, bones and blood vessels when a bullet penetrates the body
Wound ballistics for
- Short-range and long-range weapons
- Fragments (from e.g. bombs, hand grenades)
- Spouts of gas (from e.g. blanks and gas weapons)
- Non-lethal weapons (as used by e.g. the police, in military operations or in urban settings
Specialist knowledge and reference work
- Tables shown in detail (ballistic tables for typical rounds, ballistic values for numerous types of rounds, including older types, materials properties, and additional, hard-to-access data)
- An extensive trilingual glossary of specialized terminology (in German, English and French)
NEW
- The latest diagnostic/simulation methods
- The latest types of rounds
The practice and application of wound ballistics in
- Forensic medicine
- Surgery (esp. emergency and combat surgery)
- International conventions
Globalized conflict zones, terrorist and criminal activities in Europe these issues don t just affect soldiers and medical services working abroad. Police officers, surgeons, forensics specialists and criminalists must also be familiar with, grasp and be able to assess the complexities of ballistics and gunshot wounds.

Introduction

Fundamentals
General wound ballistics
Wound ballistics for bullets and fragments
Wound ballistics in forensic medicine
Wound ballistics and surgery
Wound ballistics and international conventions
Appendix. Tables.-Technical dictionary
Bibliography
References for figures
Subject index.