Questions for Discussion

Chapter 13: Death Investigation

1: Describe the death investigation system in the area in which you reside.
2: What is the primary goal of any death investigation?
3: Describe methods one could use to identify a deceased John Doe.
4: Describe the sequence of photographs that should be taken at a death scene investigation.
5: What is the best way to determine the time of death of a deceased?
6: What is meant by the chain of custody of collected evidence?
7: What is meant by the term proximate event?
8: Describe how two bullets are compared during a ballistics test.
9: Compare the processes of putrefaction and mummification.
10: What are the responsibilities of the death investigator in relation to organ transplantation?
11: What issues might present themselves in a death investigation system that utilizes nonphysician death investigators?
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