2007, ISBN: 9780007160556

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Hardback. New. <p>Those tasked with investigating death scenes come from a variety of backgrounds and varying levels of experience. Whether a homicide detective, crime scene invest… Mehr…

Hardback. New. <p>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, <strong>Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide, Second Edition</strong> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Topics discussed include:</p><ul><li><p> </p> </li><li>Initial response and scene evaluation</li><li>Death scene management including documentation, sketching, photography, videography, observations, and search procedures</li><li>A special death investigation matrix that walks the investigator though a decision tree to help in ambiguous deaths </li><li>Contains discussion of all manners of death, including accident, suicide, natural and homicide</li><li>Coverage of recovery of human remains from open field, aquatic, and buried sites including estimating the time of death.</li><li>Wound dynamics and mechanisms of injury that covers<strong> </strong>asphyxiation, sharp and blunt force trauma, chopping injuries; handgun, rifle, and shotgun wounds, electrical injuries, and more</li></ul><p>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, <b>Death Scene Investigation, Second Edition</b> will be a must-have addition to any crime scene and death investigator’s tool kit.</p>, 6, HarperCollins UK, 2007-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!, HarperCollins UK, 2007-04-01, 6<