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A Volume in the Practical Aspects of
Criminal and Forensic Investigations Series, Edited by Vernon J.
Geberth
How to
investigate a death scene
when you can't wait for the experts. .
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- Description
This practical "how-to"
guide contains many of the checklists from Practical Homicide
Investigation,
Third Edition that lead you step-by-step through procedures,
tactics, and
forensic techniques used in sudden death and violent death
investigations.
Using these checklists will ensure that a proper and complete
investigation is
undertaken at the death scene.
Many times, officers in the field
come
across evidence that they don't know how to collect properly. This
versatile
field guide contains an important appendix that provides collection of
evidence
procedures for field personnel, indicating specific types of evidence
and how
to collect it.
With the help of this book, no matter when you
come into
an investigation you are on-line and ready to go. Indexed by type of
crime for
quick and easy reference, this guide is a must-have for anyone
responding to a
death investigation. Features
- Compact and light
weight
- Can be brought to the
field
- Laminated for use in
inclement weather
- Strong wire binding for
durability
- Indexed by type of crime for
quick and easy reference
- Appendix provides collection
of evidence procedures for field personnel
- Checklists have been
improved for use in field work
Audience
- First responders
- Police officers
- Investigators
- Police supervisors
- Trial attorneys
Contents
- The Checklist Approach to Homicide Investigation
- The Homicide Crime Scene
- Introduction
- The Patrol Officer's Duties
- First Officer's Duties Upon Arrival
- Patrol Officer Establishing the Crime Scene
- The First Officer Initiates the Homicide
Investigation
- The Patrol Officer's Checklist
- The Preliminary Investigation at the Scene
- The Detectives
- The Investigative Checklist
- Documentation
- Duties of the Detective Supervisor on Arrival at
the Scene
- Specific Investigative Duties at the Scene
- The Suspect in Custody
- Evaluation of the Suspect's Demeanor and Mental
Capacity
- Obtaining a Dying Declaration
- Suicide Investigation
- Investigative Considerations
- Suicide Notes
- Suicide Checklist
- Final Exit Suicides
- Suicide-by-Cop Scenarios
- Some Suicide Indicators Are...
- Autoerotic Fatalities (Accidental Sexual
Asphyxia)
- Investigative Considerations
- Autoerotic Checklist
- Investigating Fatal Fires Checklist
- The Investigative Considerations
- The Fire Incident
- Suspicious Designation: General Determination
- Factors
- Maintenance of the Fire Crime Scene
- Investigation at the Scene
- Determination of Arson
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Investigative Checklist
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP)
- Warning Signs
- Crime Scene Documentation
- Documentation of Crime Scene Photographs
- Recommended Crime Scene Photographs
- Videotape Protocol
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- Taping Protocol Checklist
- Documentation of the Crime Scene Sketch
- The Title Block
- The Homicide Crime Scene Search
- Formulating the Search
- Examination of the Body at the Scene
- Examination of the Outdoor Crime Scene
- Recommendations and Guidelines for Effecting
Proper
Death Notifications to Surviving Family Members
- Sex-Related Homicide Investigation
- The Crime Scene Investigation
- Sex-Related Crime Scene Checklist
- The Medicolegal Considerations
- Examination of the Crime Scene
- Anatomical Figures
- Supervisor's Homicide Checklist
- Supervising the Preliminary Investigation at the
Scene
- Directing Specific Investigative Duties
- Supervising Homicide Crime Scene Search
- The Investigation of Police-Related
Shootings
- Police-Related Shooting Report
- Appendix
- Procedures for the Collection of Evidence
- Collection of Specific Types of Evidence
- Body Materials
- Objects
- Firearms
- Fibers
- Fabric
- Cigarette/Cigar Butts
- Displaced Furniture
- Soil
- Tools
- Vehicles
- Clothing
- Documents (Letters, Notes, Papers)
- Glass
- Impressions
- Tool Marks
- Newly Damaged Areas
- Collection of Bite-Mark Evidence at the Scene
- Notes
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- Publication &
Pricing
You can order this
publication directly from CRC Press:
Telephone:
1-800-272-7737
Telephone: 1-561-994-0555 from within Florida and
outside the
continental U.S.
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Catalog
number 8160, ISBN: 0-8493-8160-6, October 1996, 96 pp.,
5.5x8.5,
paperback, spiral bound
or
Call
P.H.I. Distribution at 1-888-PHI-0222 to
order the Book or the Field Guide at a special price.
Discounts are available for law
enforcement personnel |
See also: NEW
BOOK: Practical Homicide
Investigation, 4th Edition |
