Post-mortem dismemberment using chainsaws

Knock, Clare; George, Alison

dc.contributor.author	Knock, Clare
dc.contributor.author	George, Alison
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-12T10:50:00Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-12T10:50:00Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-25
dc.identifier.citation	Knock C, George A. (2021) Post-mortem dismemberment using chainsaws. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2021, pp. 50-61	en_UK
dc.identifier.issn	0045-0618
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2019.1655094
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14529
dc.description.abstract	Experiments were carried out to quantify the size of the tissue spatter distribution from post-mortem dismemberment. Pig joints were used with the same diameters as human arms. Two chainsaws were used: a petrol chainsaw and an electric chainsaw. For both chainsaws and all joint sizes, the tissue spatter distribution showed three distinct regions: i) a line of tissue in front of the cut, ii) tissue particles either side of the line of tissue in front of the cut and iii) a line of tissue behind the cut. The size of the tissue spatter distribution differed between the two chainsaws. The tissue pattern distribution was longer for the petrol chainsaw. The size of the tissue spatter distribution did not depend on joint size for joints with a cross-sectional area greater than 300 cm2.	en_UK
dc.language.iso	en	en_UK
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis	en_UK
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Post-mortem dismemberment	en_UK
dc.subject	tissue pattern distribution	en_UK
dc.subject	chainsaw	en_UK
dc.title	Post-mortem dismemberment using chainsaws	en_UK
dc.type	Article	en_UK