Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 364 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
HALF TITLE: OUTLINE OF DEATH INVESTIGATION; TITLE PAGE: Outline of Death Investigation; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; OUTLINE OF DEATH INVESTIGATION; INTRODUCTION; 1: HOMICIDE LAW; 2: INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURE; 3: INVESTIGATOR AND THE PATHOLOGIST; 4: THE INVESTIGATOR AND THE PUBLIC; 5: REPORT WRITING; 6: INTERROGATION; 7: CONFESSIONS; 8:DYING DECLARATIONS; 9: PHOTOGRAPHS; 10: TRANSPORTATION OF BODIES; 11: COLLECTION, HANDLING AND SHIPPING OF EVIDENCE; 12: COURT APPEARANCE; 13: IDENTIFICATION OF DECEASED; 14: BLOOD; 15:HAIR; 16: FINGERPRINTS; 17: TEETH-DENTAL IDENTIFICATION |
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18: post-mortem changes19: unexpected ""natural"" deaths; 20: doctors and sudden ""natural"" deaths; 21: abortion; 22: anoxia; 23: asphyxia; 24: arson and other fires; 25: automobile fatalities; 26: blunt impact; 27: carbon monoxide; 28: drowning; 29: electrocution; 30: explosion; 31: gunshot wounds; 32: industrial deaths; 33: infanticide; 34: lightning; 35: death by poison; 36: sexual attack; 37: stabbing and cut wounds; 38: effects of alcohol; 39: suicides; 40: mass casualties; 41: exhumation; 42: guide to words; 43: international classification of causes of death; 44: guide to appendix |
Summary |
If you are a coroner or a police investigator (experienced or inexperienced), you need this book. Here in outline form is a reference book, dictionary and guide which will lead to the heart of the matter in minimum time and with minimum effort. Drawings and illustrations will serve as a reference for comparison with actual cases. A detailed glossary assures correct spelling and word usage. Sketches of the body and organs create a better understanding of the location and nature of the wounds. Charts provide the statistics necessary to compute ages, time, speeds, effects of weapons, types of wou |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Death -- Causes.
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Forensic pathology.
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Criminal investigation.
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Death.
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Coroners and Medical Examiners
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Death
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Cause of Death
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Forensic Pathology
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deaths.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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Death
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Criminal investigation
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Death -- Causes
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Forensic pathology
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780398089375 |
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039808937X |
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