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Essentials of Forensic Ballistics

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Forensic ballistics is one of the most fascinating scientific disciplines. It has great potential in the criminal justice system in resolving crimes, particularly, in the reconstruction of events produced in a shooting incident and firearm identification. It is therefore essential for the forensic experts to acquire basic knowledge of firearms and ammunitions. In this prospect, the current chapter elaborately explains the various types of firearms and ammunitions. The various forensic aspects of resulting phenomena while a firearm is discharged are also discussed relating it to the range of fire estimation. This chapter further talks about firearm identification, gunshot residue examination, and automated firearm identification system.

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    “Crime in India” published by NCRB, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India. Available at: https://ncrb.gov.in/en/crime-india.

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    For more information: https://afte.org/about-us/what-is-afte/what-is-firearm-and-tool-mark-identification.

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  1. Ballistics Division, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Pankaj Kumar Pandey

  2. Department of Anthropology, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Abhimanyu Harshey

  3. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Institute of Forensic Sciences & Criminology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India

    Murali Manohar Yadav

  4. School of Forensic Sciences, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ankit Srivastava

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  1. Biology and Serology Division, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Pankaj Shrivastava

  2. University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Jose Antonio Lorente

  3. School of Forensic Sciences, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Ankit Srivastava

  4. Department of Forensic Science, Government Institute of Forensic Science, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

    Ashish Badiye

  5. Department of Forensic Science, Government Institute of Forensic Science, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Pandey, P.K., Harshey, A., Yadav, M.M., Srivastava, A. (2023). Essentials of Forensic Ballistics. In: Shrivastava, P., Lorente, J.A., Srivastava, A., Badiye, A., Kapoor, N. (eds) Textbook of Forensic Science . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1377-0_15

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