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Automated particle analysis of D.B. Cooper's tie

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Automated particle analysis (APA) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy‐dispersive x‐ray spectrometry (EDS) is a well‐known method in forensics, especially as it is applied to gunshot residue analysis. Here we describe the analysis of particles lifted from D.B. Cooper's tie, which was left on the hijacked plane in 1971.
Thomas G. Kaye, Kent L. Rhodes
wiley   +1 more source

Use of tunica vaginalis graft for repair of traumatic bilateral testicular rupture after gunshot: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
Bilateral testicular injuries are rare. However, the incidence of these injuries has been increasing in wartime. We describe the case of gunshot wound of the both testicle caused by high velocity bullets.
Faisal Ahmed, Mohammed Naji, Ahmed Al-Hitari, Qais Amer, Mohammed Al-sagheer, Umayir Chowdhury   +5 more
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Review of fatal gunshot cases in the files of the Department of Forensic Medicine in Białystok, Poland, in the years 1964–2015

, 2016
Aim of the study was to assess gunshot fatalities on the basis of post-mortem examination reports collected at the Department of Forensic Medicine in the Medical University of Białystok.
Urszula Cwalina, Karolina Filimoniuk, Iwona Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek, Anna Niemcunowicz-Janica   +3 more
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell, Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared F. Edgerton, Evelyn Gertz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE BOWELS. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1905
Patient. —June 18, 1905, a girl, 13 years of age, while carelessly handling a 22-caliber rifle, shot herself in the abdomen one and one-half inches to the right and slightly below the middle of a line drawn from the umbilicus to the os pubis. She resided at a farmhouse ten miles in the country.
openaire   +1 more source

The Life of a Gunshot: Space, Sound and The Political Contours of Acoustic Gunshot Detection

, 2017
This article examines the implications of acoustic gunshot detection systems for the role of sound and nonhuman agencies in Surveillance Studies and their relationship to broader modes of power.
Merrill, Andrew
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The complexity of neighborhood effects: A developmental and ecological framework for violent victimization

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Extensive research has established a link between low self‐control and child victimization. However, the specific neighborhood conditions under which low self‐control most strongly influences victimization have been little examined, and, more importantly, no previous studies have investigated the complex ways in which neighborhood context ...
Myunghee You, Brian J. Stults
wiley   +1 more source

Gunshot wounds to the lower urinary tract [PDF]

, 2013
BackgroundThis study aimed to analyze characteristics and outcomes of gunshot wounds to the lower urinary tract at our Level I trauma center. Our hypothesis is that gunshot wounds to the lower urinary tract have characteristic bullet trajectories, injury
Blaschko, Sarah D, McAninch, Jack W, Breyer, Benjamin N, Cinman, Nadya M, Myers, Jeremy B, Porten, Sima P, Bagga, Herman S   +6 more
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Focused deterrence can reduce crime: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experiments

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga, Brandon S. Turchan, David L. Weisburd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling an Asymptomatic Cardiac Air-Gunshot Injury

JACC: Case Reports
Interventricular septum pellet retention after air-gunshot injury in a persistently asymptomatic patient is a rare, clinically significant occurrence. Management involved monitoring, echocardiography, and computed tomography scans.
Adham Sameer A. Bardeesi, MD, Mohamed Koussa, MD, Andre Vincentelli, MD, PhD, Augustin Coisne, MD, PhD, David Montaigne, MD, PhD, François Pontana, MD, PhD, Francis Juthier, MD, PhD   +6 more
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