RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMPINGEMENT ON TEXTILE FIBERS AND CAUSATIVE INSTRUMENTS - A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION

• NCJ Number: 28789
• Journal: Japanese Journal of Legal Medicine Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Dated: (MARCH 1974) Pages: 104-108
• Author(s): H ISHIZU; Y DOY; S HAYAKAWA; H KANEKO; H TAKATA; Y FUNATSU; M SENO
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Medico-Legal Soc of Japan
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Japan

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE EDGE OF WOOL FIBERS CUT WITH A KNIFE AND SCISSORS AND TORN BY HANDS, AND THE EDGE OF NYLON FIBERS CUT WITH A KNIFE AND SCISSORS IN THE CLOTHING OF VICTIMS IN CASES OF MURDER AND ASSAULT.

Abstract

ALSO ANALYZED WITH THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ARE THE EDGES OF THE FIBERS AT BOTH ENDS OF A STAB WOUND PRODUCED IN A PIECE OF CLOTH BY A SINGLE BLADE KNIFE. INCLUDED ARE PHOTOGRAPHS. --IN JAPANESE, SUMMARY IN ENGLISH