Pattern of Intersecting Fractures and Direction of Fire
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 29 (2) , 11719J-4
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs11719j
Abstract
In gunshot wounds of the skull, the pattern of intersecting fractures may be used to verify the direction of fire. It may be the only indicator of direction, if overlying skin is destroyed or inconclusive and if bevelling is absent in gunshot defects of thin temporal bone.Keywords
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- External beveling of entrance wounds by handgunsAmerican Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 1982