Firearms in Criminal Investigation and Trials an Integrative Approach

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Description
Firearms in Criminal Investigation and Trials lays down the intricate facets of Forensic Ballistics and is designed to cater the need of all professionals involved in dissemination of justice and students of Forensic Ballistics. All the case histories, illustrations and photographs in apt places make the subject lucid and easily intelligible. This new edition is fully updated with refreshed content. Six new chapters have been added which are on Internal Ballistics, External Ballistics, Terminal Ballistics, Shooting Scenes, Handgun Injuries and Laboratory Equipment. The book is aptly revised and updated with latest case-laws. This book is particularly targeted to non-technical professionals: the investigator, the counsel, the judges. But it is equally indispensable to Ballistics experts, medicolegal experts, Forensics teachers/students, academicians and to all those who are concerned with accidents/crimes involving firearms.
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Firearms
3. Ammunition
4. Elementary Forensic Ballistics
5. Internal Ballistics
6. External Ballistics
7. Terminal Ballistics
8. Shooting Incident Scene
9. Evidentiary Clues
10. Forensics Ballistics Equipment
11. ARM-Ammunition Linkage
12. Trace Elemental Profile
13. Gunshot Residues
14. Shooting Range
15. Improvised Firearms
16. Miscellaneous Identifications
17. Firearm Injuries
18. Shotgun Injuries
19. Rifled Firearm Injuries
20. Handgun Injuries
21. Reconstructions of Shooting Incidences
22. Forensic Ballistics in Courts
23. Explosives and Explosions
24. Case Laws
25. Relevant Laws
26. Forensic Ballisticopaedia
27. Relevant Literature
subject Index
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Author Details
BR Sharma worked in Delhi University Laboratories after obtaining his BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Punjab University. Selected as Director, CID Scientific Laboratory, Punjab, at an early age of 26, just before completion of his PhD degree, he headed various Forensic Science Institutions including the State FSLs, Punjab; Himachal Pradesh; UT CFSL (GOI, MHA), Chandigarh. He retired in September 1993 and now runs the National Institute of Forensic Science. Dr Sharma had rigorous training in Forensics from New Scotland Yard Laboratory, London, Home Office Forensic Science Laboratories at Harrogate (England) and Glasgow (Scotland). A consultant to numerous Universities, educational boards, banks, insurance  companies, government/semi-government/private organizations and individuals, including courts and police departments, he has also been a teacher in Forensics for about three decades as a secondary engagement and his assignments include Honorary Visiting Professor to Punjab University; Guest Faculty Member to Punjab University, Patiala; Dr HS Gaur University, Sagar; National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Delhi; Central Detective Training School, numerous Zonal and Regional Staff Training Colleges of various Banks and Judicial Academies.
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