Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781498759243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 532 str.

Michael S. Maloney

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Section 1: Death Scene Investigation  1. Death Scene Response  2. Natural Deaths  3. Accidental Deaths  4. Suicidal Deaths  5. Homicidal Deaths  Section 2: The Medicolegal Death Investigation  6. The Role of the Medicolegal Death Investigator  7. The Role of the Coroner  8. The Role of the Medical Examiner  9. Autopsy Protocol and the Investigator’s Role  Section 3: Recovery of Human Remains  10. Searching for Human Remains  11. Surface Recovery of Human Remains  12. Recovery of Buried Human Remains  13. Aquatic Recovery of Human Remains  14. Post Mortem Changes  Section 4: Wound Dynamics and Mechanisms of Injury  15. Asphyxiation  16. Sharp Force Injuries  17. Blunt Force Injuries  18. Chopping Injuries  19. Firearm Injuries – Rifle and Pistol  20. Firearm Injuries – Shotgun  21. Explosive Injuries  22. Thermal Injuries  23. Electrical Injuries  24. Poisoning  25. Drug Related Deaths  Section 5: Special Death Investigations  26. Infant Death  27. Child Deaths  28. Child Sexual Abduction and Murder  29. Sexual Activities Resulting in Death  30. Rape and Sexual Assault Resulting in Death  31. Multiple Victim Death Scenes  Section 6: Death Scene Management, Tasks and Responsibilities  32. Death Scene Management  33. Death Scene Sketching  34. Death Scene Photography  35. Death Scene Videography  36. Death Scene Notes and Observation  Section 7: Death Scene Evidence Processing  37. Documenting and Processing Bloodstain Patterns at the Scene  38. Documenting and Processing the Shooting Scene  39. Documenting and Processing the Post Blast Scene  40. Entomological Evidence  41. Biological Evidence  42. Trace Evidence  43. Friction Ridge Evidence  44. Impression Evidence  Section 8: Death Investigation Checklist  Appendix A: Bloodborne Pathogens  Appendix B: Bloodstain Pattern Decision Matrix  Appendix C: Druggust Fold

O autorze

Michael Maloney is an Independent Forensic Consultant, Trainer and Author. He holds a Master of Forensic Science Degree from George Washington University with a Fellowship in Forensic Medicine the Office of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. He has 20 years experience as a Special Agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and Senior Instructor-Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for Death Investigations and Sex Crimes. He is the author of Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide and Crime Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide from CRC Press.