Praise for the first edition: "Shooting Incident Reconstruction is an informative and comprehensive guide to the analysis of firearms at crime scenes ranging from accidental injuries to carefully planned murders ... This book covers it all. No longer will investigators be forced to rely on eyewitness accounts alone; instead, they will be able to use the reconstructive aspects of firearms evidence to determine what did and did not happen at a crime scene." - Law Enforcement Technology In creating this book, author Lucien C. Haag drew from years of experience in the field, first as a criminalist and later as the former technical director of Phoenix, Ariz., Police Department's forensic laboratory. Shooting Incident Reconstruction provides an explanation of the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes for both the layman and the professional. Key concepts are supported and illustrated by more than 100 diagrams and photographs, many of which are in color. Gun enthusiasts will find much of this book of interest... - American Rifleman
Addresses matters both simple and complex providing unique insights and explanations of the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes
1. Case Approach2. Working Shooting Scenes3. The Reconstructive Aspects of Class Characteristics and a Limited Universe4. Is it a Bullet Hole?5. Some Useful Reagents and Their Application6. Distance And Orientation Derived from Gunshot Residue Pattterns7. Projectile Penetration and Perforation8. Projectiles and Glass9. Projectile Ricochet and Deflection10. The Principles of “Trajectory Reconstruction11. Gunshot Wounds and Trajectories in Human Bodies12. Trace Evidence Considerations Associated with Firearms Evidence13. True Ballistics: Long Distance Shootings and Falling Bullets14. Cartridge Case Ejection and Ejection Patterns15. The Shooting of Motor Vehicles16. Shotgun Shootings and Evidence17. The Sound Levels of Gunshots, Supersonic Bullets, and Other Impulse Sounds18. Ultimate Objectives, Reports and Court Presentation
Michael Haag is the Technical Leader in the Firearm & Tool Mark
Unit, in the Scientific Evidence Division for the Albuquerque, New
Mexico Police Department. Mr. Haag has held this position for over
20 years. In addition, he is also a member of the Albuquerque
Police Department Major Crime Scene Team and a Blood Alcohol
Analyst.
Mr. Haag is a Distinguished Member of the Association of Firearm
and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE), is the Editor of AFTE News,
Assistant Editor of the AFTE; and a member of the American Academy
of Forensic Science (AAFS), the European Network of Forensic
Science Institutes (ENSFI), the Southwest Association of Forensic
Scientists (SWAFS) and the Association for Crime Scene
Reconstruction (ACSR).
Mr. Haag also conducts regular training, seminars and workshops
around the world for the AFTE, FBI, IAI, AAFS and ASCLAD, to name a
few. Mr. Haag was co-author with his father on the highly
successful second edition of Shooting Incident Reconstruction,
which published in 2011. Lucien C. “Luke Haag is a former
Criminalist and Technical Director of the Phoenix Crime Laboratory,
with over 53 years of experience in the field of criminalistics and
forensic firearms examination. He is the author of the 1st edition
of the book, Shooting Incident Reconstruction, 2005 and co-author
of the 2nd edition 2011.
Presently he is an independent forensic consultant with his own
company, Forensic Science Services, Inc., that provides
criminalistics services to prosecutors, public defenders, private
attorneys, law enforcement agencies, insurance companies,
educational institutions and private individuals.
Luke Haag has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the
University of California at Berkeley with subsequent forensic
training at California State University at Long Beach, Indiana
University, Arizona State University, the FBI Laboratory, the FBI
Forensic Training Facility, and course work in Forensic Microscopy
from the McCrone Institute.
In addition to Distinguished Membership status in the AFTE and the
California Association of Criminalists, he is a member of the
SWAFS, the AAFS, an Associate Member of ENFSI and past board member
of the International Wound Ballistics Association.
He has authored and presented over 200 scientific papers, most of
which have dealt with various exterior and terminal ballistic
properties, effects and behavior of projectiles. His primary area
of special interest is the reconstruction of shooting scenes and
incidents.
"Well illustrated with diagrams and photographs, the book will give police oversight practitioners a better understanding of what crime scene investigators and criminalists can (and perhaps should) do in an officer involved shooting investigation. The chapter on bullet track determinations in gunshot victims is an excellent primer for a layperson reviewing an autopsy report. The chapter on shooting of vehicles will be particularly useful for agencies investigating or reviewing such incidents."--National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) Review Praise for the first edition: "Shooting Incident Reconstruction is an informative and comprehensive guide to the analysis of firearms at crime scenes ranging from accidental injuries to carefully planned murders ... This book covers it all. No longer will investigators be forced to rely on eyewitness accounts alone; instead, they will be able to use the reconstructive aspects of firearms evidence to determine what did and did not happen at a crime scene." - Law Enforcement Technology In creating this book, author Lucien C. Haag drew from years of experience in the field, first as a criminalist and later as the former technical director of Phoenix, Ariz., Police Department's forensic laboratory. Shooting Incident Reconstruction provides an explanation of the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes for both the layman and the professional. Key concepts are supported and illustrated by more than 100 diagrams and photographs, many of which are in color. Gun enthusiasts will find much of this book of interest... - American Rifleman
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