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Deaths resulting from the use of firearms by police against motor vehicles: Study of cases in Porto, Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Ezequiel
dc.contributor.authorFaria, Paula Ribeiro de
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorFraga, Sílvia
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-09T11:12:55Z
dc.date.available2017-06-09T11:12:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to investigate the terminal ballistics of police shootings in which the bullets went through any motor vehicle structure before fatally wounding the occupants. 6 cases that occurred in Porto district between 1998 and 2013 were studied. The firearms used were 7.65 mm (n = 1) or 9 mm (n = 3) calibre semi-automatic pistols and 9 mm calibre submachine guns (n = 2); the bullets were full metal jacket type. The metal jacket of the collected projectiles was totally or partially destroyed in 3 cases. It exhibited a deformed structure in all cases. The trajectories of the bullets in the vehicles were always more or less linear, even when initial impact was at an oblique angle. The entry holes in the victims' bodies were larger or much larger in size than the calibre of the bullets. They were located, with the exception of one of the cases, in the left half of the body. The trajectories in the victims' bodies were from front to back, in one case, and from back to front in all others. Exit wounds were only found in two cases. Death occurred immediately after the victim was shot only in one case, despite a vital structure has been hit in all cases. The cases studied support the idea that the use of firearms against vehicles with the sole intention of immobilisation entails uncontrollable danger to the lives of the occupants, and especially when done by police forces not specifically trained for that purpose. Therefore, such use of firearms should be avoided.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationRODRIGUES, Ezequiel; FARIA, Paula Ribeiro de; SANTOS, Agostinho; FRAGA, Sílvia - Deaths resulting from the use of firearms by police against motor vehicles: Study of cases in Porto, Portugal. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. ISSN 1752-928X. Vol. 39 (2016), p. 1-9pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jflm.2016.01.010pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid84955259369
dc.identifier.pmid26807993
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22258
dc.identifier.wos000371791700001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectFirearmspt_PT
dc.subjectForensic Ballisticspt_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectWounds, Gunshotpt_PT
dc.subjectMotor Vehiclespt_PT
dc.subjectPolicept_PT
dc.titleDeaths resulting from the use of firearms by police against motor vehicles: Study of cases in Porto, Portugalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicinept_PT
oaire.citation.volume39
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person.familyNameMaciel Rodrigues
person.familyNameRibeiro de Faria
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person.givenNameEzequiel Agostinho
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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