Death Scene Investigation Procedural Guide
Death Scene Investigation Procedural Guide by Michael S. Maloney, published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group on November 27, 2017, is a comprehensive resource designed for professionals involved in death scene investigations. This second edition spans 532 pages and provides best-practice techniques and procedures applicable to a wide range of death scenarios, including those that occur under unusual circumstances. The guide is tailored for homicide detectives, crime scene investigators, medico-legal death investigators, coroners, and medical examiners, offering essential insights into the complexities of death scene management.
Readers will find updated content on various topics, such as shallow graves, human remains at crime scenes, and the dynamics of projectile weapons. The book serves as an on-scene reference, detailing procedures from initial death notifications to processing the scene and analyzing evidence. It covers all manners of death, including accident, suicide, natural causes, and homicide, while also addressing the recovery of human remains from diverse environments. The bulleted format and spiral binding enhance usability in the field, making this guide a practical addition to the toolkit of any crime scene and death investigator.
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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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