This expanded and updated edition brings death investigation up-to-the-minute. It contains 50 percent more material than the original and reveals all the new scientific and technical developments in the field of death investigation, including the very latest on DNA, cold cases, bioterrorism, mass disaster sites, illuminating sources for revealing stains, profiling secrets and much, much more. Interest in forensic medicine has never been higher. Professionals are faced with the need to solve more cases in less time and with fewer resources, and through popular television shows, movies and true-crime and mystery books, the public has become fascinated with every aspect of homicide investigations on the scene and in the lab. If you want to know more about the art and science of crime-scene processing, forensic evaluations and investigative techniques, go to the source that professionals use to catch real killers: Death Investigator's Handbook.

Unlike other such manuals, this one combines specialized info from dozens of scientific and investigative references in one handy volume. A must for detectives, pathologists, attorneys, crime scene technicians, reporters, EMTs, PIs and mystery buffs.

The numerous case studies and crime scene photographs included in the book are actual cases and serve to illustrate an example or reason for the methods described in the text. The guiding theme of this handbook is that teamwork in the investigation of various aspects and causes of death is essential if viable and effective solutions are to take place."--BOOK JACKET.

Death Investigator's Handbook quickly became an essential addition to every law enforcement library when it was first published in 1993. Ten years later, veteran homicide investigator Louis Eliopulos completely updated and expanded it to include all the latest scientific and technological advances in the field of death investigation, including DNA, cold cases, bioterrorism, mass-disaster sites, trace evidence recovery, blood spatter, forensic odontology and much more.To make the manual handier for working professionals, we have divided the book into three seperate volumes: crime scenes (Volume 1), investigations (Volume 2), and scientific investigations (Volume 3). If you want to know more about the art and science of crime-scene processing, forensic evaluations and investigative techniques, go to the source that professional use to catch real killers.

Since the publication of the first edition of this volume, many new certification programs have begun in private and community colleges, including a course designed by the author for Boston University and a specialty certification by the U.S. Association for Professional Investigators. Reflecting the surge in interest into the investigative fi

This book is a handbook and practical guide for police death investigators. The book is divided into two sections, one for in-depth reading and the other as a quick reference section. The book defines death and the role of the police death investigator and discusses the various aspects and causes of death. It covers identifying the victim; establishing time of death by post-mortem changes; drowning; gunshot wounds; cutting, stabbing, and blunt trauma; asphyxia by poisoning and other means; deaths due to fire; electrical and lightning deaths; traffic crash-related deaths; deaths due to cocaine; infant death; suicide; homicide; and studies and experiments, including use of computers to document information from the experiments and to create and manipulate databases. It includes data on crime scenes, use of such evidence as blood spatter and fly larvae, and use of hypnosis and psychics in major case investigations. It also contains a comprehensive glossary and photographs from actual cases. The guiding theme of the handbook is that teamwork in death investigations is essential to achieve viable and effective solutions.

Handbook for Death Scene Investigators provides concise information in a handy, pocket-sized (3 1/2" x 6") format - perfect for on-the-scene reference.Details about sudden natural deaths by disease and accidents are emphasized in this guidebook, complemented with practical information on:reviewing a medical chartcollecting evidenceobtaining a medic