Criminal Investigation Notes

Chapter 9 Wrongful Deaths Homicide numbers decline from 2009 to 2010 Peaked in 2001 4.8 offenders per 100K 88% know each other (victim and offender) Officers Killed * 48 nationally * 45 by firearm * 47 male * 19 with firearm within 5 feet Officers assaulted * Underreported * 57 thousand * 10 per 100 officers
Modes of Death Accidental * Car crash * Fall * Industrial accident * Work related accidents Natural * Heart attack * Old age
Suicide

Murder Murder Classifications * First degree * Second degree Manslaughter * Voluntary * -------> unintentional shooting * Involuntary * -------> reckless behavior
Non criminal homicides * Not in UCR ( not crimes) * Excusable * -------> mistake * Justifiable * -------> self defense Suicide * Suicide by police * Autoerotic asphyxiation is not suicide * -------> accidental
Homicide
* Premeditated * Malicious intent * While attempting to commit a felony * Anyone involved in commission of the felony
Indiana Law Murder * Person who knowlingly kills another human being * arson, burglary, sex crimes, product tamperin Preliminary Scene and Crime Scene Investiagtion Primary goals * Cause of death by criminal act * Who caused the death * No aspect of the homicide is more open to error than the preservation and protection of crime scene
Identifying Victim * Identify using more than one method * Completely process scene before removing body Dying Declarations * 3 part admissibility test * Victim believed death was immenent at time of declaration * Statement concerned cause or circumstance of impending death * the victim was unavailable for testimony Examining the Tme of Death * Rigor mortis - stiffening