Blunt instrument
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A blunt instrument is any solid object used as a weapon, which damages its target by applying direct mechanical force, and has no penetrating point or edge, or is wielded so that the point or edge is not the part of the weapon that inflicts the injury. Blunt instruments may be contrasted with edged weapons, which inflict injury by cutting or stabbing, or projectile weapons, where the projectiles, such as bullets or arrows, are accelerated to a damaging speed.
Blunt instruments typically inflict blunt force trauma, causing bruising, fractures and internal bleeding.[1] Depending on the parts of the body attacked, organs may be ruptured or otherwise damaged. Attacks with a blunt instrument may be fatal.[2][3][4][5] [6][7]
Some sorts of blunt instruments are very readily available, and often figure in crime cases. Examples of blunt instruments include:
- Personal implements such as walking sticks
- Tools such as hammers, crowbars, pipe wrenches, or heftier flashlights such as the Maglite or Kel-Lite
- Parts of tools, such as pickaxe handles
- Sports equipment such as cricket bat or baseball bats, hockey sticks, pool cues, golf clubs, etc.
- Weapons such as batons, bâton français, spears (using the haft), or guns (see firearm as a blunt weapon)
- Other items, such as rocks, stones, bricks, millwall bricks or tree branches
References
[edit]- ^ Forensic Autopsy of Blunt Force Trauma at eMedicine
- ^ Blunt Force Injuries. ISBN 9781315107271.
- ^ Catanesi, Roberto; Carabellese, Felice; Troccoli, Giuseppe; Candelli, Chiara; Grattagliano, Ignazio; Solarino, Biagio; Fortunato, Francesca (2011). "Psychopathology and weapon choice: A study of 103 perpetrators of homicide or attempted homicide". Forensic Science International. 209 (1–3): 149–153. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.019. PMID 21316880.1–3&rft.pages=
- ^ Park, Jisun; Son, Hyeonseo (2018). "Weapon Use in Korean Homicide: Differences Between Homicides Involving Sharp and Blunt Instruments". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 63 (4): 1134–1137. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13673. PMID 29059717.1134-1137&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/1556-4029.13673&rft_id=info:pmid/29059717&rft.aulast=Park&rft.aufirst=Jisun&rft.au=Son,+Hyeonseo&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Blunt+instrument" class="Z3988">
- ^ Sulaiman, Nur Amirah. "Blunt force trauma to skull with various instruments". Malaysian J Pathol 2014; 36(1) : 33 – 39.
- ^ Marchiaro, Stefano; Borrini, Matteo; Bongioanni, Gianfranco (2023). "Blunt weapons in the roman imperial army. A multidisciplinary approach to the clava from experimental archaeology to forensic anthropology". Archivio per l"Antropologia e la Etnologia. 153: 105–118. doi:10.36253/aae-2344.105-118&rft.date=2023&rft_id=info:doi/10.36253/aae-2344&rft.aulast=Marchiaro&rft.aufirst=Stefano&rft.au=Borrini,+Matteo&rft.au=Bongioanni,+Gianfranco&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Blunt+instrument" class="Z3988">
- ^ Curran, Joseph B.; Raymond, David E. (2021). "War Clubs in Southern California: an Interdisciplinary Study of Blunt Force Weapons and Their Impact". Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 28 (4): 1200–1223. doi:10.1007/s10816-020-09493-4.1200-1223&rft.date=2021&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s10816-020-09493-4&rft.aulast=Curran&rft.aufirst=Joseph+B.&rft.au=Raymond,+David+E.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Blunt+instrument" class="Z3988">
External links
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The dictionary definition of blunt instrument at Wiktionary
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