@article{ref1,
title="Specific characteristics of injuries inflicted by claw hammer",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2016",
author="Buchaillet, Céline and Gaudin, Arnaud and Rougé-Maillart, Clotilde and Jousset, Nathalie",
volume="61",
number="5",
pages="1375-1377",
abstract="Claw hammers have the specific characteristic of having two distinct ends: one a flat head of variable form, the other bifurcated. So the use of this tool as a blunt instrument will cause varying injuries. The authors present two clinical cases of assault with a claw hammer. Examinations revealed two types of wound. A first injury composed of integumentary lacerations and underlying bone injuries in terms of &quot;shape&quot; suggested the use of a blunt instrument. A second injury made up of damage showing two parallel wounds or two wounds located one in the extension of the other suggested the use of an object with a bifurcated end. The combination of both types of injury should alert examiners to the possibility of the use of a claw hammer in causing the injuries in order to help direct investigators in their investigations and in the search for the weapon used.<br><br>© 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.13144",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13144"
}