Post-mortem dismemberment using chainsaws

dc.contributor.authorKnock, Clare
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-12T10:50:00Z
dc.date.available2019-09-12T10:50:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-25
dc.description.abstractExperiments 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.identifier.citationKnock C, George A. (2021) Post-mortem dismemberment using chainsaws. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2021, pp. 50-61en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0045-0618
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2019.1655094
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14529
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectPost-mortem dismembermenten_UK
dc.subjecttissue pattern distributionen_UK
dc.subjectchainsawen_UK
dc.titlePost-mortem dismemberment using chainsawsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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