Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide

Commander Vernon Geberth is a retired lieutenant commander of the New York City Police Department with over 40 years of law enforcement experience. He is a nationally renowned lecturer, author, educator, consultant, and expert witness on the subject of death investigation. He has appeared on numerous local, national, and international television programs to answer questions on the subject of murder and provide insight, analysis, and commentary with respect to all aspects of homicide and death investigations. Geberth has been referenced as a media consultant on myriad national major cases across the United States and Canada. Over 69,500 members from over 8,000 law enforcement agencies have attended Geberth's Practical Homicide Investigation seminars. In his seminars, Geberth focuses on his textbooks stressing advanced tactics, procedures, and forensic techniques and presents equivocal death, suicide, and missed investigations as well as serial murder investigation and the application of abnormal psychology to the investigative process.

This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.

The Checklist Approach to Homicide Investigation. The Homicide Crime Scene. The Patrol Officer's Duties. The First Officer Initiates the Homicide Investigation. The Patrol Officer's Checklist. The Preliminary Investigation at the Scene. The Investigative Checklist. Duties of the Detective Supervisor upon Arrival at the Scene. Specific Investigative Duties at the Scene. Suicide Investigation. Final Exit Suicides. Suicide-By-Cop Scenarios. Autoerotic Fatalities. Investigative Fatal Fires Checklist. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS ). Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Crime Scene Documentation. Documentation of the Crime Scene Sketch. Recommendations and Guidelines for Proper. Death Notifications to Surviving Family. Members. Sex-Related Homicide Investigation. Medicolegal Considerations. Supervisor's Homicide Checklist. Investigation of Police-Related Shootings. Investigation of OISs and Use of Deadly Force. Incidents. Appendix. Procedures for the Collection of Evidence. Collection of Specific Types of Evidence. Crime Scene Collection of Electronic and. Digital Evidence. Notes.