Death Investigations

This book presents an overview of medicolegal investigative systems. Completely updated, the book examines investigative techniques and procedures that lead to obtaining accurate conclusions of death by homicide, accident, or suicide.

This book provides concise information in a handy, pocket-sized (3 1/2" x 6") format - perfect for on-the-scene reference.

reviews the circumstances, relevant discussions, and critical issues for each case type wherein law enforcement officers have had to respond outside of their usual and trained experience and where the final outcome was the death of either the suspect, an innocent bystander, or the officer.

This book continues to provide sound and sober models, protocols, and procedures to handle the highly charged fall-out from officer involved shootings. Written by cops for cops, it is designed to address the needs of the agency, the rights of the employee, and the concerns of the public, and give law enforcement the policies and tools to properly investigate and document this high profile area.

This book is the most comprehensive handbook written on MBP, which is now considered an index factor in child abuse investigations and as a suspicion factor in the deaths of young children. It offers detailed insight into the dynamics of MBP abuse and the Munchausen offender.

Renowned for being THE definitive source of homicide investigation, this book is the recognized protocol used by investigative divisions of major police departments throughout the world. It is also the text used in most police academies, including the prestigious FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

This book examines the phenomenon of paraphilia (i.e., aberrant sexuality) in relationship to the crime of lust murder. It is is a must read for any person interested in the crime of erotophonophilia and those offenders responsible for its serial commission.

This book brings together some of the most respected and noted experts in forensic science, the law, and bloodstain interpretation to provide a comprehensive overview of the discipline. It discusses research, applications, and the current view of bloodstain pattern interpretation within the legal system at the trial and appellate court levels, as well as scientific approaches and developments in the field.

This book fully explains the process of finding the nexus between one violent crime and another for the purpose of pursuing the same offender at trial.

Born out of the need to recover, analyze, and present physical evidence on individual victims of large scale human rights violations, this book describes an epidemiological framework for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting evidence for use at trial.