| Description |
1 online resource (731 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Digital Assets; Chapter 1 History of Death Investigation; Introduction; Mandates, Jurisdiction, and Laws; History of Criminalistics; Coroners; Medical examiners; Notable forensic pathologists; Medicolegal death investigators; Professional and Certifying Agencies in the United States; American Board of Pathology; American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators; National Association of Medical Examiners; American Academy of Forensic Sciences; American College of Forensic Examiners Institute |
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International Association of Coroners and Medical ExaminersPhysician Licensure; References; Chapter 2 Death Scene Investigation; Introduction; Review of Literature; Preservation of Evidence; Photographing the Death Scene; Evidence Collection Techniques; Tape ligatures, gags, plastic wrap, and trash bags; Chain of Custody; Medicolegal Death Investigator Scene Response; Types of deaths requiring response; Investigation briefcase; Equipment list; Response vehicle equipment; Medical and Social History; Notification of Next of Kin; Written Report Formats; Case Flow |
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How does a case come to the attention of an Investigator?What does an Investigator do when he or she arrives?; How does the Investigator start gathering the info?; How does the Investigator get the body to the office?; What happens to the body when it gets to the office?; What happens during the autopsy?; What does the investigator do when he or she returns to the office?; What happens after the autopsy?; How does the body get back to the family?; What happens at the funeral home?; What happens with the paperwork?; How does the family or agencies get copies of the paperwork or file contents? |
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ResourcesReferences; Chapter 3 Death Certification; Introduction; Definition and Purpose; Cause of Death; Manner of Death; Information Needed for Completion; Investigation of Problematic Death Certificates; Pneumonia; Brain hemorrhage; Fractures (hip, rib, spine, osteoporotic, pathological); Falls; Remote motor vehicle accidents, gunshot wounds, or head injuries; Seizures; Children; Miscarriages; Cremation Authorizations; References; Chapter 4 Time of Death; Introduction; Physiology of Death; Rigor; Livor; Temperature; Decomposition; Postmortem Carnivore Activity; Postmortem Insect Life Cycle |
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EmbalmingInvestigative Techniques to Narrow Time of Death; References; Chapter 5 Autopsy Procedure; Introduction; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Body Admission to the Morgue; X-ray procedures; Photography at the autopsy; Evidence Collection During an Autopsy; Gunshot residue collection; Fingernail clippings; Trace evidence; DNA swabs; Sexual assault; Toxicology specimen collection; Femoral blood; Evisceration techniques; Recording Autopsy Data; Cut box or tissue container; Cassettes for histology; Retention of brain for later dissection; Toxicology specimens; DNA specimen |
| Summary |
This innovative text provides an excellent introduction to technology-assisted crime and the basics of investigating such crime, from the criminal justice perspective. It presents clear, concise explanations for students and professionals, who need not be technically proficient to find the material easy-to-understand and practical. The book begins by identifying and defining the most prevalent and emerging high-technology crimes - and exploring their history, their original methods of commission, and their current methods of commission. Then it delineates the requisite procedural issues associ |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dead -- Identification
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Forensic pathology.
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Forensic Pathology
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Dead -- Identification
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Forensic pathology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317522942 |
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131752294X |
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