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Death Scene Investigation

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Death Scene Investigation

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Procedural Guide

Death Scene Investigation

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Death Scene Investigation book

Procedural Guide
ByMichael S. Maloney
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2017
eBook Published 11 December 2017
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315107271
Pages 570
eBook ISBN 9781315107271
Subjects Bioscience, Social Sciences
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Maloney, M.S. (2017). Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide, Second Edition (2nd ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315107271

ABSTRACT

Those tasked with investigating death scenes come from a variety of backgrounds and varying levels of experience. Whether a homicide detective, crime scene investigator, medico-legal death investigator, coroner or medical examiner, Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide, Second Edition provides the investigator best-practice techniques and procedures for almost any death scene imaginable, including for deaths occurring even under the most unusual of circumstances.

This Second Edition is fully updated to include new coverage on shallow graves, human remains at crime scenes, poisonings, expanded coverage of projectile weapons, videography, touch DNA, death notifications, and a newly added chapter dedicated to sexual deaths. In addition, the book serves as an on-scene ready reference which includes instructions on procedure including the initial notification of a death, processing the scene and body, the investigator's role at autopsy, and analyzing the scene indicators to place evidence into context.


Topics discussed include:

  • Initial response and scene evaluation
  • Death scene management including documentation, sketching, photography, videography, observations, and search procedures
  • A special death investigation matrix that walks the investigator though a decision tree to help in ambiguous deaths
  • Contains discussion of all manners of death, including accident, suicide, natural and homicide
  • Coverage of recovery of human remains from open field, aquatic, and buried sites including estimating the time of death.
  • Wound dynamics and mechanisms of injury that covers asphyxiation, sharp and blunt force trauma, chopping injuries; handgun, rifle, and shotgun wounds, electrical injuries, and more

The bulleted format and spiral binding allows for easy use and reference in the field with sections that are self-contained and cross-referenced for quick searches. With its thorough and detailed approach, Death Scene Investigation, Second Edition will be a must-have addition to any crime scene and death investigator’s tool kit.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

section I|66 pages

Death Scene Investigation

chapter 1|10 pages

Death Scene Response

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 2|12 pages

Natural Deaths

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 3|14 pages

Accidental Deaths

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 4|14 pages

Suicidal Deaths

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 5|14 pages

Homicidal Deaths

ByMichael S. Maloney

section II|36 pages

The Medicolegal Death Investigation

chapter 6|4 pages

The Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 7|6 pages

The Role of the Coroner

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 8|8 pages

The Role of the Medical Examiner

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 9|16 pages

Autopsy Protocol and the Investigator’s Role

ByMichael S. Maloney

section III|50 pages

Recovery of Human Remains

chapter 10|8 pages

Searching for Human Remains

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 11|10 pages

Surface Recovery of Human Remains

Open Field Recovery and Expedient Graves
ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 12|14 pages

Recovery of Buried Human Remains

Shallow Grave, Buried Remains, and Exhumation
ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 13|10 pages

Aquatic Recovery of Human Remains

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 14|6 pages

Postmortem Changes

Estimating Postmortem Interval (Time since Death)
ByMichael S. Maloney

section IV|70 pages

Wound Dynamics and Mechanism of Injury

chapter 15|16 pages

Asphyxiation

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 16|6 pages

Sharp Force Injuries

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 17|4 pages

Blunt Force Injuries

Blunt Instrument Blows, Fall from a Height, Collisions
ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 18|2 pages

Chopping Injuries

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 19|8 pages

Firearm Injuries

Pistols and Rifles (Rifled Bore Weapons)
ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 20|6 pages

Firearm Injuries

Shotguns (Smooth Bore Weapons)
ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 21|4 pages

Explosive Injuries

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 22|4 pages

Thermal Injuries

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 23|6 pages

Electrical Injuries

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 24|6 pages

Poisoning

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 25|6 pages

Drug-Related Deaths 1

ByMichael S. Maloney

section V|52 pages

Special Death Investigations

chapter 26|10 pages

Infant Deaths

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 27|10 pages

Child Deaths

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 28|8 pages

Child Sexual Abduction and Murder

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 29|10 pages

Sexual Activities Resulting in Death

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 30|8 pages

Rape and Sexual Assault Resulting in Death

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 31|4 pages

Multiple Victim Death Scenes

ByMichael S. Maloney

section VI|54 pages

Death Scene Management: Tasks and Responsibilities

chapter 32|12 pages

Death Scene Management

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 33|14 pages

Death Scene Sketching

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 34|12 pages

Death Scene Photography

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 35|8 pages

Death Scene Videography

ByMichael Maloney, Wadi Sawabini

chapter 36|6 pages

Death Scene Notes and Observation

ByMichael S. Maloney

section VII|98 pages

Death Scene Evidence Processing

chapter 37|10 pages

Documenting and Processing Bloodstain Patterns at the Scene

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 38|14 pages

Documenting and Processing a Shooting Scene

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 39|8 pages

Documenting and Processing Post-Blast (Explosive Incident) Scenes

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 40|6 pages

Entomological Evidence

ByMichael Maloney, Donald Housman

chapter 41|10 pages

Biological Evidence

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 42|14 pages

Trace Evidence

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 43|14 pages

Friction Ridge Evidence

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter 44|20 pages

Impression Evidence

ByMichael S. Maloney

section VIII|80 pages

Death Investigation Checklist and Worksheets

chapter |32 pages

Death Scene Investigation Check List Fill-In Forms

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter |18 pages

Death Scene Investigation Check List: Logs and Forms

ByMichael S. Maloney

chapter |26 pages

Supplemental Death Scene Worksheets

ByMichael S. Maloney
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