Death Scene Investigation Procedural Guide, Second Edition
Death Scene Investigation Procedural Guide, Second Edition by Michael S. Maloney, published by Taylor & Francis Group on June 30, 2020, is a comprehensive resource for professionals involved in death scene investigations. This edition spans 570 pages and is presented in English, offering best-practice techniques and procedures tailored for a variety of investigators, including homicide detectives, crime scene investigators, and medical examiners. The guide addresses a wide range of scenarios, including unusual circumstances surrounding deaths, ensuring that readers are equipped with the necessary knowledge to handle diverse situations.
Readers will find detailed discussions on critical topics such as initial response, scene management, and the recovery of human remains from various environments. The book includes updated content on shallow graves, poisonings, and a dedicated chapter on sexual deaths, among other subjects. Its practical format, featuring a bulleted layout and spiral binding, enhances usability in the field, allowing for quick reference and efficient navigation through essential procedures. This guide serves as an invaluable tool for those tasked with investigating death scenes, providing a thorough understanding of the complexities involved in forensic science and criminal law.
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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.
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