Archiv für Kriminologie
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Archiv für Kriminologie · Mar 1999
Case Reports[Wound entry findings of animal anesthesia guns without smoke outlets].
Subsequent to previous reports on the morphology of injuries from slaughterer's guns a case of suicide with atypical entrance wound findings is reported from the Freiburg autopsy material. The livestock stunner used did not have the smoke conduits usually opening into the muzzle end. ⋯ In cases where a large entrance hole without paired or cloverleaf-shaped zones of blackening, but no exit wound and no projectile is found one should also think of a slaughterer's gun without smoke conduits. The results of our test shots with conventional livestock narcotic devices and stunners without smoke conduits are presented.
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Archiv für Kriminologie · Mar 1999
[Homicide by gunshot. An evaluation of 50 homicides with reference to gunshot wound site].
In this paper the homicides committed in the region of Ulm with firearms over a period of 17 years were studied. These included 50 deaths caused by gunshot wounds, 33 males and 17 females. ⋯ Homicide victims were found in all age groups with a markedly higher number up to the 20th year and in the fourth decade of life. In most cases small arms were used, and in many cases multiple shots were fired primarily hitting the head and the left side of the trunk: but injuries in the region of the extremities were also seen.