Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide, 2e provides investigators best-practice techniques and procedures for almost any death scene imaginable. Fully updated to include new coverage on shallow graves, human remains at crime scenes, poisonings, expanded coverage of projectile weapons, videography, touch DNA, death notifications, and a new chapter on sexual deaths. Serving as an on-scene reference with instructions on procedure including the initial notification of a death, processing the scene and body, the investigator's role at autopsy, and analyzing the scene to place evidence in context, Death Scene Investigation is a must-have for any crime scene and death investigator's tool kit.