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DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Technical Lecture - The Biomechanics of sharp 
 force injuries\n\nEvent Type: Technical lecture\n\nIndustry Sector: Biomed
 ical engineering\n\nSpeak Details: Sarah Hainsworth OBE FREng CEng CSci FI
 MMM is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the College of Engineeri
 ng and Physical Sciences at Aston University and a Professor of Materials 
 and Forensic Engineering.\n\nDescription : For the year ending March 2021\
 , there were 44\,286 knife crimes recorded in the UK which was a decrease 
 of 15% on the previous year.  The overall decrease was attributed to a red
 uction in stranger crime in periods coinciding with national lockdowns bec
 ause of Covid.  In the same time period\, there were 600 homicides in the 
 UK.   Of the 600 deaths\, 238 (39%) were owing to use of a knife or sharp 
 instrument.  The proportion of homicides from knife or sharp injuries annu
 ally has been consistently at or around the 40% level for a long period.  
 In all countries were guns are not widely available\, stabbing is the most
  common way of committing murder. In order to better understand how the fo
 rces involved in stabbing relate to those generated by volunteers\, we use
 d a novel dynamometer to allow the forces for stabbing into skin simulant\
 , pork leg and pork rib to be measured.  The forces generated were signifi
 cantly greater than those required to penetrate skin with a sharp implemen
 t. The results show that the key criteria for whether or not an implement 
 penetrates skin is whether or not the tip is sufficiently sharp to punctur
 e skin and clothes at the force generated by the person stabbing.The resul
 ts of stabbing tests with knives\, screwdrivers\, bottles and with the pre
 sence of clothes is discussed.\n\nClick on the link below to participate t
 o the event.\nAccess to the event HERE\n\nContact Details: Dr Antonio Frat
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LOCATION:MSTeams platform\, Link in the description\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Technical Lecture - The Biomechanics of sharp force injuries
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