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Summary
This practical "how-to" guide contains many of the checklists from Practical Homicide Investigation, Third Edition that lead you step-by-step through procedures, tactics, and forensic techniques used in sudden death and violent death investigations. Using these checklists will ensure that a proper and complete investigation is undertaken at the death scene.Many times, officers in the field come across evidence that they don't know how to collect properly. This versatile field guide contains an important appendix that provides collection of evidence procedures for field personnel, indicating specific types of evidence and how to collect it.With the help of this book, no matter when you come into an investigation you are on-line and ready to go. Indexed by type of crime for quick and easy reference, this guide is a must-have for anyone responding to a death investigation.
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 | |
| Patrol Officer Establishing the Crime Scene | |
| Protecting the Crime Scene | |
| The 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/Receipt of Information | |
| Arrival at the Homicide Crime Scene | |
| Protection of the Crime Scene | |
| Notifications | |
| Preliminary Investigation | |
| Suspect in Custody | |
| Suicide and Accidental Deaths | |
| THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE | |
| The Detectives | |
| Initial Receipt of Information | |
| Prior to Leaving for the Scene Instruct Patrol to... | |
| THE INVESTIGATIVE CHECKLIST | |
| Documentation | |
| Initial Receipt of Information | |
| Arrival at the Homicide - Death 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 | |
| Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and Ambulance Personnel | |
| Initiate a Canvass | |
| Weapons | |
| The Suspect in Custody | |
| Suspect in Custody: Interrogation at the Scene | |
| Crime Scene Photographs | |
| Documentation of Crime Scene Photographs | |
| Recommended Crime Scene Photographs | |
| The Crime Scene Sketch | |
| The Crime Scene Search | |
| Dust for Fingerprints | |
| Description of the Deceased | |
| Preliminary Medical Examination at the Scene | |
| Victim - Hospital Information | |
| Evidence Process and Control Procedures | |
| Release of the Homicide Crime Scene | |
| Duties of the Detective Supervisor on Arrival at the Scene | |
| SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIVE DUTIES AT THE SCENE | |
| The Suspect in Custody | |
| Evaluation of the Suspect's Demeanor and Mental Capacity | |
| Obtaining a Dying Declaration | |
| Questions to be Asked in a Dying Declaration | |
| Documentation of the Dying Declaration | |
| SUICIDE INVESTIGATION | |
| Investigative Considerations | |
| Suicide Notes | |
| Suicide Checklist | |
| Evaluation of the Wounds | |
| Psychological State of the Victim | |
| Any Prior Mental Disease or Defect | |
| Recognized Warning Signs and Extreme Danger Signs in Suicides Warning Signs | |
| Extreme Danger Signs | |
| Final Exit Suicides | |
| Investigative Checklist for Final Exit Cases | |
| Recommendations | |
| SUICIDE-BY-COP SCENARIOS | |
| Some Suicide Indicators Are... | |
| AUTOEROTIC FATALITIES (ACCIDENTAL SEXUAL ASPHYXIA) | |
| Investigative Considerations | |
| Autoerotic Checklist | |
| INVESTIGATING FATAL FIRES CHECKLIST | |
| The 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 (MSBP) | |
| Warning Signs | |
| CRIME SCENE DOCUMENTATION | |
| Documentation of Crime Scene Photographs | |
| Recommended Crime Scene Photographs | |
| Videotape Protocol | |
| Arrival at Scene | |
| Taping Protocol Checklist | |
| DOCUMENTATION OF THE CRIME SCENE SKETCH | |
| The Title Block | |
| THE HOMICIDE CRIME SCENE SEARCH | |
| Formulating the Search | |
| Examination of the Body at the Scene | |
| Examination of the Outdoor Crime Scene | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTING PROPER DEATH NOTIFICATIONS TO SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS | |
| SEX-RELATED HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION | |
| The Crime Scene Investigation | |
| Sex-Related Crime Scene Checklist | |
| THE MEDICOLEGAL CONSIDERATIONS | |
| Examination of the Crime Scene | |
| Descriptive Information | |
| ANATOMICAL FIGURES | |
| Supervisor's Homicide Checklist | |
| Supervising the Preliminary Investigation at the Scene | |
| Directing Specific Investigative Duties | |
| Supervising Homicide Crime Scene Search | |
| THE INVESTIGATION OF POLICE-RELATED SHOOTINGS | |
| Police-Related Shooting Report | |
| APPENDIX | |
| PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE | |
| COLLECTION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF EVIDENCE | |
| Body Materials | |
| Blood (Wet) | |
| Blood Stains (Dry) | |
| Semen | |
| Urine | |
| Spittle or Saliva | |
| Feces | |
| Vomit | |
| Tissue | |
| Hair | |
| Objects | |
| Bullets | |
| Discharged Casings or Cartridges | |
| Shotgun Shells | |
| Live Cartridges or Rounds of Ammunition | |
| Shotgun Wadding | |
| Weapons | |
| Firearms | |
| Fibers | |
| Fabric | |
| Cigarette/Cigar Butts | |
| Displaced Furniture | |
| Soil | |
| Tools | |
| Vehicles | |
| Clothing | |
| Documents (Letters, Notes, 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 | |
| Application of DNA Technology | |
| Notes |
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