MEDICOLEGALIMPORTANCE OF GUN-SHOT RESIDUE(GSR).

Abstract

+ This research is applied to throw light on the medic9legal importance• of GSR, and to find a method to investigate the cases which arise from firearm injuries. Also, an idea about different types of ballistics and their structures, different types of weapons and ammunition, firearm injuries and history of fire-arn1s was applied in this research. As the chemical analysis of a bullet found in a body or on the scene of the crime, may give the investigator very important clues, this research demonstrate the different methods which were be applied to detect GSR from a fired bullet to indicate the type of the ballistic and the weapon used in the crime.