ABSTRACT

Designed for use by investigators in any agency, large or small, Practical Cold Case Homicide Investigations Procedural Manual provides an overview of the means and methods by which previously reported and investigated yet unresolved homicides might be solved. Written by an experienced cold case investigator and consultant, this convenient handbook

chapter 1|8 pages

The Cold Case Concept

chapter 2|22 pages

Case Reactivation and Review

chapter 3|16 pages

Reading the File

chapter 4|14 pages

Legal Issues and Prosecution

chapter 5|16 pages

Investigation

chapter 6|18 pages

Investigative Resources

chapter 7|10 pages

ViCAP and Databases

chapter 8|10 pages

FBI

chapter 9|8 pages

Death Certificate and Obituary

chapter 10|6 pages

Coroners and Medical Examiners

chapter 11|8 pages

Interviewing Senior Citizens

chapter 12|10 pages

The Media in Cold Case Investigation

chapter 13|12 pages

Cold Case Investigation Units

chapter 14|10 pages

Friction-Ridge Impressions (Fingerprints)

chapter 16|6 pages

Serology and DNA

part 17|2 pages

Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

chapter 20|14 pages

Forensic Anthropology

chapter 21|10 pages

Forensic Odontology (Dentistry)

chapter 22|12 pages

Forensic Exhumation

chapter 24|10 pages

Electronic Intercepts (Wiretaps)

chapter 25|12 pages

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

chapter 26|6 pages

Luminol

chapter 27|8 pages

Questioned Documents

chapter 28|8 pages

Cold Case Polygraph

part 29|2 pages

Geographic Profiling in Cold Case Investigations

chapter 30|2 pages

Forensic Art