Practical Homicide Investigation is the recognized protocol used by investigative divisions of major police departments throughout the world.

Features:

• Introduces a completely new chapter on the latest DNA technology, as well as a new chapter on Equivocal Death Scenarios
• Includes new murder cases for reference and review
• Contains a revised Homicide Investigator's Checklist
• Provides a revised chapter on Profiling and Investigative Assessment
• Presents an updated bibliography and listing of additional reference sources, in addition to an updated and expanded Glossary of Terms

Contents

1. The Homicide Crime Scene
2. First Officer's Duties: General
3. First Officer's Duties: Specific
4. The Preliminary Investigation at the Scene:
5. Specific Investigative Duties at the Scene
6. The Crime Scene Photographs
7. The Crime Scene Sketch
8. The Homicide Crime Scene Search
9. Estimating Time of Death
10. The Identity of the Deceased
11. Death Notifications: The Surviving Family as
12. Modes of Death
13. Suicide Investigation
14. The Investigation of Sex-Related Homicides
15. Homosexual Homicides
16. Forensic Application of DNA Analysis
17. Collection of Evidence
18. The Autopsy
19. The News Media in Homicide Investigations
20. Identification of Suspects
21. Infant Abductions
22. Investigative Assessment: Criminal Personality Profiling
23. Equivocal Death Investigation
24. Narcotic-Related Homicides
25. Practical Homicide Investigation: Supervision and Management of the Homicide Investigation

Index

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