ABSTRACT

"Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma: how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator." � Tom Bevel, author of Practical Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis with an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction, Third Edition Those tasked w

part I|74 pages

Death Scene Investigation

chapter 1|6 pages

Initial Response

chapter 3|10 pages

Natural Deaths

chapter 4|10 pages

Accidental Deaths

chapter 5|10 pages

Suicidal Deaths

chapter 6|12 pages

Homicidal Deaths

chapter 7|6 pages

The Role of Medical Examiner

chapter 8|12 pages

Autopsy Protocol and Investigator's Role

part II|38 pages

Recovery of Remains

chapter 9|4 pages

Searching for Human Remains

chapter 10|8 pages

Surface Recovery of Human Remains

chapter 11|12 pages

Recovery of Buried Human Remains

chapter 12|8 pages

Aquatic Recovery of Human Remains

chapter 13|6 pages

Estimating Postmortem Interval

part III|48 pages

Wound Dynamics and Mechanisms of Injury

chapter 14|14 pages

Asphyxiation

chapter 15|4 pages

Sharp Force Injuries

chapter 16|2 pages

Blunt Force Injuries

chapter 17|2 pages

Chopping Injuries

chapter 18|8 pages

Firearms Handgun and Rifle Wounds

chapter 19|6 pages

Firearms Shotgun Wounds

chapter 20|4 pages

Explosive Injuries

chapter 21|4 pages

Thermal Injuries

chapter 22|4 pages

Electrical Injuries

part IV|34 pages

Special Death Scene Investigations

chapter 23|8 pages

Infant Deaths

chapter 25|6 pages

Child Deaths Sexual Abduction and Murder

chapter 26|4 pages

Sexual Activities Resulting in Death

chapter 27|4 pages

Sexual Assaults Resulting in Death

chapter 28|4 pages

Death Scenes with Multiple Victims

part V|36 pages

Death Scene Management, Tasks, and Responsibilities

chapter 29|4 pages

Death Scene Management

chapter 30|10 pages

Death Scene Sketching

chapter 31|8 pages

Death Scene Photography and Videography

chapter 32|4 pages

Death Scene Notes and Observations

chapter 33|11 pages

Death Scene Search Procedures

part VI|56 pages

Death Scene Evidence Processing

chapter 35|10 pages

Documenting Shooting Scenes

chapter 36|2 pages

Entomological Evidence

chapter 37|6 pages

Biological Evidence

chapter 38|8 pages

Trace Evidence at the Scene

chapter 39|8 pages

Friction Ridge Evidence at the Scene

chapter 40|10 pages

Impression Evidence