title: [Morphology of bullet wounds when using police ammunition, type QD-P.E.P].
abstract: 6 years after introduction of the police ammunition QD-P.E.P. (9 mm caliber), 9 bullet wounds are presented from forensic investigations along with the results of experimental shots at pig carcasses. The evaluation reveals the characteristic pattern of such bullet wounds: a skin defect which is almost as large as the caliber and has a sharp-edged border thus looking like it has been punched out; the contusion ring ("abrasion ring") is conspicuously narrow. These findings can be explained by the shape and design of the projectile. In regular police work immediate incapacitation has not always been achieved, depending on the entry location of the bullet. Experimental shots at pig carcasses showed that in the case of shots at extremities, the residual energy of the exiting bullet may be sufficient to generate another penetrating bullet wound.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für Rechts- und Verkehrsmedizin der Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: Kirsten Marion
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ain
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs / Q000293:injuries; D005389:Firearms; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000473:pathology; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016495:Police; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013552:Swine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*