NCJ Number
10409
Date Published
1967
Length
407 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF 'FIRST-AT-THE-SCENE' EXAMINATIONS, WITH EXPLANATION OF THE COLLECTION, PRESENTATION, AND TRANSMITTAL OF MATERIALS TO THE LABORATORY.
Abstract
PROPER AND EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES ARE STRESSED. INFORMATION ON DEATHS DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUNDS, CUTTING AND STABBING, ASPHYXIA, BURNS, POISONING, AND CRIMINAL ABORTION IS PRESENTED. THE AUTHOR HAS INCLUDED SEPARATE CHAPTERS ON THE HANDLING OF SENSATIONAL HOMICIDES AND POPULAR FALLACIES IN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. SKETCHES, DIAGRAMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF ACTUAL VICTIMS ARE INCLUDED FOR PURPOSES OF ILLUSTRATION AND DEMONSTRATION.