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Implications of Two Backward Blood Spatter Models Based on Fluid Dynamics for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Journal

Forensic Science International

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Date Published

August 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Prediction of Blood Back Spatter From a Gunshot in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Journal

Physical Review Fluids

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Date Published

2016

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Coroner Training: Gunshot Wounds

Event Dates

January 1, 2024 – January 1, 2024

Location

Online

United States

Event Type

Course

Registration Status

Open

Series

Coroner Training Lecture Series

A Novel Two-Step Method for the Detection of Organic Gunshot Residue for Forensic Purposes: Fast Fluorescence Imaging Followed by Raman Microspectroscopic Identification

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

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Date Published

2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Distance to Trauma Centers Among Gunshot Wound Victims: Identifying Trauma 'Deserts' and 'Oases' in Detroit

Journal

Injury Prevention

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Date Published

2019

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Hydrodynamics of Forward Blood Spattering Caused by a Bullet of General Shape

Journal

Physics of Fluids

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Date Published

2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Raman Microspectroscopic Mapping as a Tool for Detection of Gunshot Residue on Adhesive Tape

Journal

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

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Date Published

2018

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Victim Characteristics, Situational Factors, and the Lethality of Urban Gun Violence

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

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Date Published

2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Penetrating gunshots to the head after close-range shooting: Dynamics of waves and the effect of brain tissue rheology

Journal

Physics of Fluids

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Date Published

October 2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Recording anechoic gunshot waveforms of several firearms at 500 kilohertz sampling rate

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Date Published

2016

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Audio Forensic Gunshot Analysis and Multilateration

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Date Published

2018

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Shot-to-Shot Variation in Gunshot Acoustics Experiments

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Date Published

June 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Comparison of Simultaneous Recordings of Gunshots at a Crime Scene

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Date Published

October 2019

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey

Journal

Preventive Medicine

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Date Published

February 2021

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

The impact of gunshots on place-level business activity

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Date Published

May 2021

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Experimental and numerical study of blood backspatter interaction with firearm propellant gases

Journal

Physics of Fluids

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Date Published

2021

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Clinical diagnostic phenotypes in hospitalizations due to self-inflicted firearm injury

Journal

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Date Published

2021

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Simultaneous Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues Within a Large Population Data Set Using Electrochemical Sensors

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

August 2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Program/Project Evaluation

High-Speed Video Analysis of Forward and Backward Spattered Blood Droplets

Journal

Forensic Science International

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Date Published

July 2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Hydrodynamics of Back Spatter by Blunt Bullet Gunshot With a Link to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Journal

Physical Review Fluids

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Date Published

2017

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Quantitative Differentiation of Bloodstain Patterns Resulting From Gunshot and Blunt Force Impacts

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Date Published

February 2017

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue

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Date Published

June 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target

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Date Published

May 2019

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Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Gunshot Detection Technology to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence

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Date Published

September 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Finding the Region of Origin of Blood Spatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools

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Date Published

April 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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