Water-Related Death Investigation
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Water-Related Death Investigation

Practical Methods and Forensic Applications

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  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

Water-Related Death Investigation

Practical Methods and Forensic Applications

About this book

All too often, police called to the scene of a water-related death may consider it an accidental drowning before they even arrive. But the investigation of these types of deaths requires the same careful and thorough documentation as in other potentially non-natural deaths and these efforts must be carried through all stages of investigation. Water

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781439816363
9781439816363
eBook ISBN
9781439816370
Edition
1
Topic
Diritto
Subtopic
Scienza forense
Introduction 
7
Physiological 
Effects 
of 
Drowning
Drowning 
occurs 
a
ſt
er 
prolonged 
submersion 
in 
a 
liquid 
such 
as 
water 
with 
gradual 
reduc-
tion 
in 
the 
blood 
and 
tissue/organ 
oxygen 
levels, 
leading 
to 
pathophysiologic 
states 
referred 
to 
as 
hypoxemia 
and 
hypoxia,
respectively, 
and 
eventually 
cardiopulmonary 
arrest. 
Oxygen 
(O
2
) 
is 
an 
odorless 
gas 
produced 
from 
water 
by 
certain 
bacteria, 
algae, 
and 
plants 
by 
the 
process 
of 
photosynthesis 
and 
released 
into 
the 
atmosphere. 

e 
normal 
percent-
age 
of 
oxygen 
in 
the 
atmosphere 
is 
approximately 
21%. 
It 
is 
essential 
for 
the 
life 
of 
count-
less 
organisms, 
both 
seen 
and 
unseen. 
Within 
the 
human 
body, 
O
2
complexes 
with 
the 
(A)
(B)
Figure 
1.2 
(A) 
Gross 
anatomic 
photograph 
of 
lungs 
with 
attached 
trachea 
and 
right 
and 
left 
bronchial 
tubes 
(opened) 
and 
heart 
(posterior 
view). 
(B) 
Gross 
anatomic 
photograph 
of 
lungs 
with 
attached 
trachea 
and 
right 
and 
left 
bronchial 
tubes, 
opened 
to 
reveal 
rings 
of 
cartilage 
supporting 
the 
trachea 
and 
bronchial 
tubes 
(posterior 
view).

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. About the Authors
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction
  8. Chapter 2. Investigative Duties on Scene
  9. Chapter 3. On-Scene Body Assessment
  10. Chapter 4. Case Investigation
  11. Chapter 5. Pretrial Preparation for the Field Investigator
  12. Chapter 6. Medicolegal Investigation of Deaths
  13. Chapter 7. The Medicolegal Autopsy
  14. Chapter 8. Asphyxia
  15. Chapter 9. The Forensic Pathological Aspects of Deaths Due to Drowning and Bodies Recovered from Fluid Environments
  16. Chapter 10. The Forensic Toxicological Aspects of Deaths Due to Drowning and Bodies Recovered from Fluid Environments
  17. Chapter 11. Water-Related Deaths by Manner
  18. Appendix A
  19. Appendix B: Body Drop Rate Chart
  20. Appendix C: Checklists and Supplements
  21. Appendix D: Sample Autopsy Report
  22. Appendix E: You Make the Call
  23. Back cover

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