Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide
This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.
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Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide
This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.
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Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

by Vernon J. Geberth
Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide
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Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

by Vernon J. Geberth

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This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138415775
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 10/02/2019
Series: Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations , #57
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 170
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Geberth, Vernon J.

Table of Contents

THE CHECKLIST APPROACH TO HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION — THE HOMICIDE CRIME SCENE — Introduction — The Crime Scene — THE PATROL OFFICER'S DUTIES — First Officer's Duties upon Arrival — Protection of Life — Patrol Officer Establishing the Crime Scene — Protecting the Crime Scene — Trie Crime Scene Sign-In Sheet — The First Officer Initiates the Homicide Investigation — Recommended Procedures to Initiate the Investigation — Patrol Officer's Quicklist — The Patrol Officer's Checklist — Initial Call and Receipt of Information — Arrival at the Homicide Crime Scene — Protection of the Crime Scene — Notifications — Preliminary Investigation — The Suspect in Custody — Suicide and Accidental Deaths — THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE — The Detectives — Initial Receipt of Information — Prior to Leaving for the Crime Scene, Instruct Patrol To — Arrival at the Scene — THE INVESTIGATIVE CHECKLIST — Documentation of the Initial Report — Initial Receipt of Information — Arrival at the Homicide Scene — Preliminary Inspection of the Body at the Crime Scene — Implement Crime Scene Control Procedures — Initiate a Crime Scene Log — Establish a Policy for Crime Scene Integrity — Establish a Command Post or Temporary Headquarters — EMS and Ambulance Personnel — Initiate a Canvass — Weapons — The Suspect in Custody — The Suspect in Custody: Interrogation at the Scene — Crime Scene Photographs — Documentation of Crime Scene Photographs — The Crime Scene Sketch — The Crime Scene Search — Dust for Fingerprints — Description of the Deceased — Victim and Hospital Information — Evidence Process and Control Procedures — Release of the Homicide Crime Scene — D U T I E S OF T H E DETECTIVE SUPERVISOR U P O N — ARRIVAL AT T H E SCENE — SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIVE D U T I E S AT T H E SCENE — The Suspect in Custody — Evaluation of the Suspect's Demeanor and Mental Capacity — Obtaining a D y i n g Declaration — Questions to Be Asked in a Dying Declaration — Documentation of the Dying Declaration — SUICIDE INVESTIGATION — Three Investigative Considerations in Determining the — Manner of Death (Homicide or Suicide) — Suicide Notes — Suicide Checklist — Investigative Considerations — Evaluation of the Wounds — Weapons or Means of Death — Psychological Aspects — Warning Signs in Suicide — Extreme Danger Signs — Psychological State of the Victim — Spite Suicides — Any Prior Mental Disease or Defect — Consider a Psychological Autopsy — FINAL EXIT SUICIDES — Investigative Checklist for Final Exit Cases — The Plastic Bag — SUICIDE-BY-COP SCENARIOS — Some Suicide Indicators — AUTOEROTIC FATALITIES — Investigative Considerations — Autoerotic Checklist: Determining the Involvement of — Sexual Asphyxia — INVESTIGATING FATAL FIRES CHECKLIST — Investigative Considerations — The Fire Incident — Suspicious Designation: General Determination Factors — Maintenance of the Fire Crime Scene — Investigation at the Scene — Determination of Arson — SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) — Investigative Checklist — MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY — Warning Signs — CRIME SCENE DOCUMENTATION — Documentation of Crime Scene Photographs — Recommended Crime Scene Photographs — Photographs of Deceased Subjects — Videotape Protocol — Arrival at Scene — Taping Protocol Checklist — DOCUMENTATION OF THE CRIME SCENE SKETCH — l h e Title Block — Formulating the Search — Examination of the Outdoor Crime Scene — Investigative Questions — Examination of the Body at the Scene — The Head — The Trunk — Arms and Legs — The Wound Chart — Gunshot Wounds — Intermediate-Range Wounds — Cutting Wounds — Blunt Force Injuries — Asphyxiai Deaths — RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR PROPER — DEATH NOTIFICATIONS TO SURVIVING FAMILY — MEMBERS — SEX-RELATED HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION — Investigative Considerations — The Crime Scene Investigation — Sex-Related Crime Scene Checklist — MEDICOLEGAL CONSIDERATIONS — Examination of the Crime Scene — Descriptive Information — Anatomical Figures — SUPERVISOR'S HOMICIDE CHECKLIST — Supervising the Preliminary Investigation at the Scene: The — Checklist — Directing Specific Investigative Duties Il l — The Suspect in Custody Ill — Examination of a Suspect for Evidence — Evaluation of a Suspect's Demeanor and/or Mental Capacity — Supervising a Homicide Crime Scene Search — Crime Scene Considerations — Release of the Body — Examining an Outdoor Crime Scene — Release of the Crime Scene — INVESTIGATION OF POLICE-RELATED SHOOTINGS — Officer-Involved Shootings (OISs) and Use of Deadly Force — Incidents — The Protocol — Introduction — Assigning Investigative Responsibility — INVESTIGATION OF OISS AND USE OF DEADLY FORCE — INCIDENTS — Supervisory Responsibilities—Checklist — Incident Scene Investigator(s)—Checklist — Interview of Employee(s) Involved — Taped Interview of Employee(s) Involved — Follow-Up Investigation — Background Investigation — Suspect(s) and Witnesses — Employee(s) — Preparation of Investigative Report — APPENDIX: PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION — OF EVIDENCE — COLLECTION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF EVIDENCE — Body Materials — Blood (Wet) — Bloodstains (Dry) — Nonporous Surface — Porous Surface (Fabric, Unfinished Wood, etc.) — Traces or Smears That Cannot Be Scraped into Container — Semen — Semen Wet Stain — Semen Dry Stain — Urine — Spittle or Saliva — Feces — Large Amount — Small Amount — Vomit — Tissue — Hair — Collection of Hairs from the Scene — Objects — Bullets — Discharged Casings or Cartridges — Shotgun Shells — Live Cartridges or Rounds of Ammunition — Shotgun Wadding — Weapons — Firearms — Fibers — Fabric — Clothing — Cigarette or Cigar Butts — Displaced Furniture — Insects — Common Insects Found on Human Remains and at Crime Scenes — Investigative Considerations — Equipment — Procedures — Soil — Collection of Soil Samples — Tools — Vehicles — Documents (Letters, Notes, and Papers) — Glass — Impressions — Fingerprint Examination — Types of Fingerprints — Development of Fingerprints — Chemical Processes — Tire Tracks and Footprints — Tool Marks — Newly Damaged Areas — Collection of Bite-Mark Evidence at the Scene — Photographs of the Bite-Mark Wound — Saliva Washings — Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (Examination of Blood Spatter) — Investigative Considerations — Crime Scene Examination — Crime Scene Documentation — CRIME SCENE COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC AND — DIGITAL E V I D E N C E — Investigative Considerations — Identification of Digital Evidence — Additional Investigative Considerations — Volatile Data Collection Strategy for Powered-Up Computers — Computers — Collection Procedures — Cellular Phones — Investigative Considerations — Cellular Telephones in an Active Investigation — Cellular Telephones in Nonactive Investigations — NOTES.
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