Screen LibraryDeath scene investigation：a field guide
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| Published: |
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 240 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781420086768 (alk. paper) 1420086766 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D919 |
| CLC: | D919.4 |
| Call Number: | D919.4/W135 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Guidelines for the death scene investigator -- Purpose of the death investigation -- Role of the death scene investigator (DSI) -- Philosophy of death investigation -- Notification of a death -- Discovery of deceased -- 2. The body and the scene -- Statutory responsibilities -- Confirm or validate the death -- Securing the death scene -- Evidence at the death scene -- Documentation of the scene and the body -- Documentation by photography -- Documentation by diagrams -- Forming preliminary opinions : be suspicious but objective -- Examination of the body at t |