[Aiming at the chest, but hitting the back]

Zech, Wolf-Dieter; Axmann, Stefan; Siegenthaler, Lea; Kneubühl, Beat; Thali, Michael (2011). [Aiming at the chest, but hitting the back]. Archiv für Kriminologie, 228(3-4), pp. 102-7. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild

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Gunshot injuries in the back may suggest the unjustified use of firearms. A wound in the back inflicted by a firearm should not automatically imply that the shooter aimed at the back. A previous study demonstrated that it is possible for men to turn their trunk faster than it takes for a shooter to fire or throw a hand-operated weapon. With a high speed motion camera the authors were able to demonstrate that it is also possible for women to turn their trunk fast enough, so that a shot in the back could have been aimed at the front of the body. This conclusion is also likely to apply to hand-operated or thrown weapons, since the velocity of their projectiles is considerably lower than that of firearms.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine
UniBE Contributor:	Zech, Wolf-Dieter, Axmann, Stefan, Siegenthaler, Lea, Kneubühl, Beat P., Thali, Michael
ISSN:	0003-9225
Publisher:	Schmidt-Römhild
Language:	German
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:21
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:05
PubMed ID:	22039696
Web of Science ID:	PREV20120005558
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/6878 (FactScience: 211927)