Practical homicide investigation checklist and field guide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geberth, Vernon J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The checklist approach to homicide investigation
  • 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)
  • Munchausen syndrome by proxy
  • Crime scene documentation
  • Documentation of the crime scene sketch
  • Recommendations and guidelines for proper death notifications to surviving family members
  • Sex-related homicide investigation
  • Medicolegal considerations
  • Supervisor's homicide checklist
  • Investigation of police-related shootings
  • Investigation of OISs and use of deadly force incidents.