Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Third Edition, offers a thorough explanation of matters from simple to complex to help the reader understand the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes. Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, along with the subsequent analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate crimes from theft to murder necessitates numerous invitations to reconstruct shooting incidents. The discharge of firearms and the behavior of projectiles create many forms of physical evidence that, through proper testing and interpretation by a skilled forensic scientist, can establish what did and what did not occur. Written by the world's most well-respected shooting scene and ballistics experts, the book addresses the terminology, science, and factors involved in reconstructing shooting incident events to solve forensic cases. It covers the full range of related topics including: the range from which a firearm was discharged; the sequence of shots in a multiple discharge shooting incident; the position of a firearm at the moment of discharge; and the position of a victim at the moment of impact. The probable flight path of a projectile and the manner in which a firearm was discharged are also discussed. Case studies illustrate real-world application of technical concepts, supported by over 200 full-color diagrams and photographs. This book will be of value to practicing forensic scientists (firearm and toolmark examiners), ballistics experts, crime scene personnel, police departments, forensic consultants (generalists), attorneys and judges, medical examiners (coroners), and forensic pathologists.

Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, and the subsequent analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate crimes from theft to murder necessitates numerous invitations to reconstruct shooting incidents. The discharge of firearms and the behavior of projectiles create many forms of physical evidence that, through proper testing and interpretation by a skilled forensic scientist, can establish what did and what did not occur. This book is generated from the authors' numerous years of conducting courses and seminars on the subject of shooting incident reconstruction. It seeks to thoroughly address matters from simple to complex in providing the reader an explanation of the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes. The ultimate objectives of this unique book are to assist investigators, crime scene analysts, pathologists, ballistics experts, and lawyers to understand the terminology, science, and factors involved in reconstructing shooting incident events to solve forensic cases. The book will cover the full range of related topics including the range from which a firearm was discharged, the sequence of shots in a multiple discharge shooting incident, the position of a firearm at the moment of discharge, the position of a victim at the moment of impact, the probable flight path of a projectile, the manner in which a firearm was discharged and much more.
- Written by the most well-respected shooting scene and ballistics experts in the world
- Contains over 200 full-color diagrams and photographs that support and illustrate key concepts
- Case studies illustrate real-world application of technical concepts

In part I of this book a dynamic migratory model connecting the microlevel of individual migration trends with the macrolevel of interregional migration is developed. Its derivation makes use of the master equation method. Applying a ranking regression analysis, the trend parameters of the model are correlated to regional socio-economic key factors. In part II the model is applied to interregional migration within the countries Federal Republic of Germany, Canada, France, Israel, Italy and Sweden. In part III a comparative analysis of the results is given. In part IV a selfcontained derivation of the master equation and of solutions relevant for the migratory system is given, the ranking regression analysis is exemplified and a computer program for the estimation of trendparameters is added.

While the volumes hitherto published in the Springer Series in Synergetics have been devoted almost exclusively to the self-organized formation of structures in physics, chemistry and biology, the present monograph by Weidlich and Haag deals with the formation of "structures" (or "patterns") in society. At first glance it would seem a daring enterprise to deal with the complex processes in society using concepts and methods first developed in physics. But over the past decade it has been shown that there is a large class of phenomena in a variety of fields to which unifying concepts can be applied. This is particulary true of situations in which a system composed of many parts or individuals acquires a new structure on macroscopic scales. Indeed, this is the definition of synergetics which I formulated more than a decade ago, and which formed the basis of my survey on the profound analogies in the behaviour of complex systems, includ ing those of sociology (H. Haken: Synergetics. An Introduction, Volume 1 of this series). As I have pointed out on many occasions, the universal validity of these concepts is neither accidental nor is it caused by a mere extension of physical rules to other fields, but is instead a consequence of deep-rooted struc tural properties of systems of interacting parts which are due to rigorous mathe maticallaws. Generally speaking, concepts and methods originally used in physics can be applied to sociological phenomena in two ways."

Choice processes appear in all spheres of society. Hitherto ruling paradigms in the modelling of choice problems have presumed a competitive general equi- librium which, however, proves insufficient for dynamic processes. This contribution aims at providing a general coherent and closed frame- work for the dynamic modelling of decision processes. It was one of my main interests to build a bridge between the pure model building concepts and their practical applications. Therefore all given examples are related to empirical work. Solution algorithms for the estimation of trend parameters as well as the numerical simulation in concrete applications therefore playa central role in this contribution. Friendly relations with a number of colleagues from many universities in Europe, and the U.S. have emerged during the different applications. I wish to thank all of them. The international cooperations were mainly initiated and supported by conferences and workshops organized and financed by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (lIASA), the Istituto Ricerche Economico-Sociali Del Piemonte (I RES). the Institut National D 'Etudes De'mographiques (I NED), the Centre for Regional Science Research UmeJ. (CERUM) and the Projets de Cooperation et D'Echange avec France (Procop>' Special thanks go to the Volkswagen Stiftung for financial support of this work over the years. Thanks also go in particular to my friend and mentor Prof.W.Weidlich for his encouragement and for the many suggestions he made in fruitful discus- sions and common work that have taken place over the years.

Gone are the days when mobility was nearly always a question of having a vehicle. Today the issue of road capacity is becoming ever more pressing. Even the safest, most comfortable and 100% emissions-free vehicle is only of limited use if it is stuck in a traffic jam. Mobility is a key human need and an important factor in the economy. It is a matter of logic that a com pany like DaimlerChrysler should make every endeavor to safeguard mo bility, thereby fulfilling humanity's economic, social and environmental needs. Nonetheless, traffic and mobility problems are the inevitable result of a concentration of people and markets. Bombay, Lagos, Shanghai, Jakarta, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Mexico City - virtually half of the world's population is urban-based, and the majority live in the metropolitan regions of the Third World. The mega-cities in the so-called developing nations are facing a dramatic increase in traffic levels. Gridlock looms on the horizon. Should traffic-choked streets become a permanent and daily occurrence, economic development will be held in check and pollution will spiral."

Dieses Buch ist beispielhaft fUr die interdisziplinare medizinisch-psycho- logische Zusammenarbeit in Forschung und Praxis, fUr die sich auch im deutschen Sprachraum der Begriff Verhaltensmedizin einzubiirgem be- ginnt. Der vorliegende Text sollte zunachst ein Praxishandbuch fUr A.rzte und Psychologen zur Behandlung des Migranekopfschmerzes durch Ver- haltensmodifikation werden. Es ist mehr als das geworden: ein Hand- buch der Migrane, in dem aIle bisherigen Theorien und Erkenntnisse zur Atiologie, Pathogenese und Klinik, aIle bisherigen Erfahrungen und ver- suchten Techniken zur Diagnostik und Therapie der Migrane dargestellt und kritisch gewiirdigt werden. Die AusfUhrungen zeigen die Notwendigkeit und die Moglichkeit der Anwendung sowohl medizinischer als auch psychologischer Untersu- chungs-und Behandlungsverfahren bei vorwiegend psychophysiologisch erkIarbaren Beschwerden undStorungen, ferner, wie wichtig und sinn- voll es ist, psychologische Forschurig und physiologische Forschung als integrierende psychophysiologische Wissenschaft zu betreiben. Die in diesem Buch mitgeteilten psychologischen Behandlungsver- fahren des Migranekopfschmerzes wurden zum GroBteil in einem For- schungsprojekt des Schwerpunktprogrammes "Verhalt!!nsmodifikation" der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft entwickelt und erprobt in Zu- sammenarbeit der Arbeitsbereiche "Klinische und Physiologische Psy- chologie der Universitat Tiibingen" und der "Abteilung Neuropsycho- logie und Neurologische Poliklinik der Universitat Tiibingen". Die Autoren sind Arzte und Klinische Psychologen der beiden Institutionen und anderer in-und auslandischer Forschungsgruppen. AIle sind zu- gleich therapeutisch engagierte Praktiker und Forscher.

Einsame Spaziergange unter Containerturmen, faszinierende Blicke von der Brucke, stimmgewaltige Karaokenachte mit der Crew, knappe Anlegemanover in fremden Hafen, eigenwillige Lotsen, Landgange mit dem besonderen Etwas und last but not least die beindruckende zweimalige Durchquerung des Panamakanals. Was auch immer ich mir im Vorfeld dieser Frachtschiffreise erwartet hatte, die Realitat toppte einfach alles. Acht Wochen auf einem Containerfrachter sind eine lange Zeit. Wer die nicht hat oder investieren will, aber trotzdem diese Erfahrungen nicht missen mochte, fur den konnte dieser Reisebericht eine Alternative sein. Allerdings nur die zweitbeste......