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Designed as an on-scene reference for processing death scenes, this field guide walks readers through the steps of death investigations. The text begins with the initial notification of a death and continues through the processing of the scene and the body. It covers the investigator's role at an autopsy and analyzes the scene indicators of evidence. Mechanism of injury, wound, and disease dynamics are covered in order to aid in determining the cause and manner of death. A separate section provides information on child and infant deaths. The book is presented in an outline format for ease of reference and understanding.

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Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma, how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator. Using his considerable experience in death investigations and forensics, Mr. Maloney has created a procedural guide that gives everyone from the medical examiner's investigator, coroner, crime scene investigator or detective an on scene guide for processing the death scene. This field guide will assist in understanding the story the scene tells as well as develop investigative direction. The Death Investigation Decision Tree is an innovative, easy to use tool to ensure that the scene investigation is focused, directed and complete while prompting the investigator for the red flags that are present but sometimes overlooked. This should be the first tool used on the scene after familiarization with the scene and basic facts. Easy to follow chapters and complete bulleted procedures presented in a manner that minimize the need to flip back and forth through the guide. The spiral bound format is designed to fit in a cargo pocket for easy access and transport to the scene. Unlike textbooks this guide stands out as it is specifically designed for use in the field. The medical examiner, coroner, and homicide detective should not overlook this guide as well; it is a handy reference for proper procedures to employ in a wide variety of death scenes.-Tom Bevel, President of Bevel, Gardner & Associates, Inc. ... an excellent text on practical death scene investigation ... gives us very useful practical information on the latest techniques in an easily digestible manner. I am going to use this book in all my future crime scene investigations. -Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology ... Mr. Maloney's book stands out as the most thorough book available that is also quickly and easily referred to at a scene. ... I highlighted at least 30 tips and techniques that I had never heard of or that answered questions to scene challenges that I had been unable to find solutions to prior to reading his book. The book also includes numerous crime scene worksheets that exceeded drafts that I had previously developed in an attempt to simplify note taking at a scene.ã ... if closely followed at a death scene even by an inexperienced investigator, you can be assured that the investigation will be conducted in a competent and professional manner. For more experienced investigators, the book will be an excellent refresher/update and I am certain that you will learn a few new things, too. -Gregory J. Lennon, Detective Lieutenant; Cohasset Police Department, Massachusetts

Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma, how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator. Using his considerable experience in death investigations and forensics, Mr. Maloney has created a procedural guide that gives everyone from the medical examiner's investigator, coroner, crime scene investigator or detective an on scene guide for processing the death scene. This field guide will assist in understanding the story the scene tells as well as develop investigative direction. The Death Investigation Decision Tree is an innovative, easy to use tool to ensure that the scene investigation is focused, directed and complete while prompting the investigator for the red flags that are present but sometimes overlooked. This should be the first tool used on the scene after familiarization with the scene and basic facts. Easy to follow chapters and complete bulleted procedures presented in a manner that minimize the need to flip back and forth through the guide. The spiral bound format is designed to fit in a cargo pocket for easy access and transport to the scene. Unlike textbooks this guide stands out as it is specifically designed for use in the field. The medical examiner, coroner, and homicide detective should not overlook this guide as well; it is a handy reference for proper procedures to employ in a wide variety of death scenes. --Tom Bevel, President of Bevel, Gardner & Associates, Inc.

Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma, how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator. Using his considerable experience in death investigations and forensics, Mr. Maloney has created a procedural guide that gives everyone from the medical examiner's investigator, coroner, crime scene investigator or detective an on scene guide for processing the death scene. This field guide will assist in understanding the story the scene tells as well as develop investigative direction. The Death Investigation Decision Tree is an innovative, easy to use tool to ensure that the scene investigation is focused, directed and complete while prompting the investigator for the red flags that are present but sometimes overlooked. This should be the first tool used on the scene after familiarization with the scene and basic facts. Easy to follow chapters and complete bulleted procedures presented in a manner that minimize the need to flip back and forth through the guide. The spiral bound format is designed to fit in a cargo pocket for easy access and transport to the scene. Unlike textbooks this guide stands out as it is specifically designed for use in the field. The medical examiner, coroner, and homicide detective should not overlook this guide as well; it is a handy reference for proper procedures to employ in a wide variety of death scenes. -Tom Bevel, President of Bevel, Gardner & Associates, Inc. ... an excellent text on practical death scene investigation ... gives us very useful practical information on the latest techniques in an easily digestible manner. I am going to use this book in all my future crime scene investigations. -Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma, how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator. Using his considerable experience in death investigations and forensics, Mr. Maloney has created a procedural guide that gives everyone from the medical examiner's investigator, coroner, crime scene investigator or detective an on scene guide for processing the death scene. This field guide will assist in understanding the story the scene tells as well as develop investigative direction. The Death Investigation Decision Tree is an innovative, easy to use tool to ensure that the scene investigation is focused, directed and complete while prompting the investigator for the red flags that are present but sometimes overlooked. This should be the first tool used on the scene after familiarization with the scene and basic facts. Easy to follow chapters and complete bulleted procedures presented in a manner that minimize the need to flip back and forth through the guide. The spiral bound format is designed to fit in a cargo pocket for easy access and transport to the scene. Unlike textbooks this guide stands out as it is specifically designed for use in the field. The medical examiner, coroner, and homicide detective should not overlook this guide as well; it is a handy reference for proper procedures to employ in a wide variety of death scenes. -Tom Bevel, President of Bevel, Gardner & Associates, Inc. ... an excellent text on practical death scene investigation ... gives us very useful practical information on the latest techniques in an easily digestible manner. I am going to use this book in all my future crime scene investigations. -Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology ... Mr. Maloney's book stands out as the most thorough book available that is also quickly and easily referred to at a scene. ... I highlighted at least 30 tips and techniques that I had never heard of or that answered questions to scene challenges that I had been unable to find solutions to prior to reading his book. The book also includes numerous crime scene worksheets that exceeded drafts that I had previously developed in an attempt to simplify note taking at a scene.a... if closely followed at a death scene even by an inexperienced investigator, you can be assured that the investigation will be conducted in a competent and professional manner. For more experienced investigators, the book will be an excellent refresher/update and I am certain that you will learn a few new things, too. -Gregory J. Lennon, Detective Lieutenant; Cohasset Police Department, Massachusetts

Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma, how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator. Using his considerable experience in death investigations and forensics, Mr. Maloney has created a procedural guide that gives everyone from the medical examiner's investigator, coroner, crime scene investigator or detective an on scene guide for processing the death scene. This field guide will assist in understanding the story the scene tells as well as develop investigative direction. The Death Investigation Decision Tree is an innovative, easy to use tool to ensure that the scene investigation is focused, directed and complete while prompting the investigator for the red flags that are present but sometimes overlooked. This should be the first tool used on the scene after familiarization with the scene and basic facts. Easy to follow chapters and complete bulleted procedures presented in a manner that minimize the need to flip back and forth through the guide. The spiral bound format is designed to fit in a cargo pocket for easy access and transport to the scene. Unlike textbooks this guide stands out as it is specifically designed for use in the field. The medical examiner, coroner, and homicide detective should not overlook this guide as well; it is a handy reference for proper procedures to employ in a wide variety of death scenes. -Tom Bevel, President of Bevel, Gardner & Associates, Inc. ... an excellent text on practical death scene investigation ... gives us very useful practical information on the latest techniques in an easily digestible manner. I am going to use this book in all my future crime scene investigations. -Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology ... Mr. Maloney's book stands out as the most thorough book available that is also quickly and easily referred to at a scene. ... I highlighted at least 30 tips and techniques that I had never heard of or that answered questions to scene challenges that I had been unable to find solutions to prior to reading his book. The book also includes numerous crime scene worksheets that exceeded drafts that I had previously developed in an attempt to simplify note taking at a scene. ... if closely followed at a death scene even by an inexperienced investigator, you can be assured that the investigation will be conducted in a competent and professional manner. For more experienced investigators, the book will be an excellent refresher/update and I am certain that you will learn a few new things, too. -Gregory J. Lennon, Detective Lieutenant; Cohasset Police Department, Massachusetts

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Michael S. Maloney is a partner with Bevel, Gardner & Associates. He holds a Master of Forensic Science degree from the George Washington University and he completed a Fellowship in Forensic Medicine from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. For 16 years, he served as a Special Agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and spent his last ten years as a Senior Forensic Consultant. Prior to his retirement after 25 years of federal service, he was the Senior Instructor for Death Investigations and Sex Crimes in the Forensic and Investigative Skills Branch of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center with the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Maloney has undergone extensive training and is considered a subject matter expert in a variety of forensic disciplines including death/crime scene reconstruction, death/crime scene processing, wound dynamics/evidence of injury, bloodstain pattern analysis, and crime scene reconstruction.

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