Skin Penetration Assessment of Less Lethal Kinetic Energy Munitions.

Authors :: Bir, Cynthia A.
Stewart, Shelby J.
Wilhelm, Marianne
Source :: Journal of Forensic Sciences. Nov2005, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p1426-1429. 4p. 4 Black and White Photographs, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: Presents the study of the technological innovations for less-lethal kinetic energy munitions used in law enforcement in the U.S. Examinations taken to determine energy per unit area required to penetrate various regions of the body; Used of eight unembalmed postmortem human specimens in the testing experiment; Evaluation on the conducted test results.