CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Life Insurance, Asphyxia, Central Nervous System
23 Oct 2018
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Principles of death investigation: to rule out criminal activity, to establish cause of death (provincial mandate, prevention, civil law concerns (life insurance, estate settlement) what is the cause of death? (ex. Coroners: are sudden death investigators, have a medical, investigative or legal background, attend sudden death scenes, do not perform autopsies (pathologist) Goal of coro(cid:374)er(cid:859)s investigation: to publicly ascertain the facts leading up to and surrounding a sudden, unnatural, or unexpected death, to make reasonable recommendations to prevent future loss of life under similar circumstances. Cod (carbon monoxide poisoning-mechanism of death is a. Collection of evidence to solve a crime looking for the items etc. Examines and documents observations to establish the cause and manner of death. Avoid developing tunnel vision does not mean that police do their job in tunnel vision; try not to see suicide or accident only be open minded: make observations instead of drawing conclusions.
