Practical homicide investigation: tactics, procedures, and forensic techniques

Front Cover......Page 1
Dedication......Page 6
Editor’s Note......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Foreword to the Third Edition*......Page 18
Special Acknowledgment......Page 22
The Author......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 26
Introduction......Page 40
Contents......Page 42
1.  The Homicide Crime Scene......Page 62
2.  First Officer’s Duties: General......Page 92
3.  First Officer’s Duties: Specific......Page 108
4.  The Preliminary Investigation at the Scene: The Detectives......Page 124
5.  Specific Investigative Duties at the Scene......Page 150
6.  The Crime Scene Photographs......Page 186
7.  The Crime Scene Sketch......Page 220
8.  The Homicide Crime Scene Search......Page 236
9.  Estimating Time of Death......Page 292
10.  The Identity of the Deceased......Page 318
11.  Death Notifications: The Surviving Family as Secondary Victims......Page 362
12.  Modes of Death......Page 376
13.  Suicide Investigation......Page 444
14.  The Investigation of Sex-Related Homicides......Page 500
15.  Homosexual Homicides......Page 560
16.  Forensic Application of DNA Analysis*......Page 594
17.  Collection of Evidence......Page 632
18.  The Autopsy......Page 686
19.  The News Media in Homicide Investigations......Page 736
20.  Identification of Suspects......Page 752
21.  Investigative Assessment: Criminal Personality Profiling......Page 830
20.  Equivocal Death Investigation......Page 914
23.  Narcotics-Related Homicides......Page 948
24.  Practical Homicide Investigation: Supervision and Management of the Homicide Investigation......Page 964
Glossary......Page 1008
Index......Page 1038