Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator (Technical Update)

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research development and evaluation agency of the US Department of Justice. The NIJ is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. NIJ provides objective and independent knowledge and tools to reduce crime and promote justice particularly at the state and local levels. Each year the NIJ publishes and sponsors dozens of research and study documents detailing results analyses and statistics that help to further the organizations mission. These documents relate to topics like biometrics corrections technology gun violence digital forensics human trafficking electronic crime terrorism tribal justice and more. This document is one of these publications.