Varfolomeiev Y. Comprehensive forensic medical assessment of body injuries and clothes damages, caused by electric discharge weapon

The study is devoted to a comprehensive forensic assessment of body injuries and clothing damages caused by electroshock devices depending on their design features and conditions of traumatic action, by conducting experimental, morphological studies and X-ray fluorescence spectral analysis. In recent years, this type of weapon has gained popularity among the population of Ukraine, and therefore the number of injuries caused by it has increased many times, which led to a more detailed and in-depth study of damage caused by electroshock devices, namely - signs that can be used to identify the device, as well as the establishment of the conditions of their operation. The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive forensic assessment of body injuries and clothing damage caused by electroshock devices, depending on their design features and conditions of traumatic action, by conducting experimental, morphological studies and X-ray fluorescence spectral analysis.