Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

Vernon J. Geberth, Drummer Steven B., Karch Olaf, Ffflm Md, Steven B.

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781466591899
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Forensic Science
• Index: Law

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.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Table of Contents
• The Checklist Approach to HomicideInvestigation
• The Homicide Crime Scene
• The Patrol Officer’s Duties
• The Preliminary Investigation at the Scene
• The Investigative Checklist
• Duties of the Detective Supervisor upon Arrival at the Scene
• Specific Investigative Duties at the Scene
• Suicide Investigation
• Final Exit Suicides
• Suicide-by-Cop Scenarios
• Autoerotic Fatalities
• Investigating Fatal Fires Checklist
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS )
• Crime Scene Documentation
• Documentation of the Crime Scene Sketch
• Recommendations and Guidelines for Proper Death Notifications to Surviving Family Members
• Sex-R elated Homicide Investigation
• Medicolegal Considerations
• Supervisor’s Homicide Checklist
• Investigation of Police-Related Shootings
• Investigation of OIS s and Use of Deadly Force Incidents
• Appendix: Procedures for the Collectionof Evidence
• Collection of Specific Types of Evidence
• Crime Scene Collection of Electronic and Digital Evidence
• Notes
• Back Cover