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AUTOEROTIC DEATH

  1. USUAL CAUSE OF DEATH
  2. WHO ARE THE USUAL VICTIMS.
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  1. DEATH INDUCED BY SOLO SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANT INCORPORATES THE USE OF SELF INDUCED BONDAGE AND A LIGATURE TO REDUCE THE FLOW OF OXYGEN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE ORGASM THROUGH MASTERBATION.
  2. ASPHYXIA.
  3. YOUNG BOYS AND OLDER MEN
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  1. ACCIDENTAL DEATH
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  1. THE DEATH OF A PERSON THAT IS UNINTENTIONAL AND UNFORSEEN
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  1. CHAIN OF CUSTODY
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  1. DOCUMENTATION OF ALL WHO HANDLE EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL CASE
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  1. COLD CASE
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  1. A CRIME OR ACCIDENT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN SOLVED TO THE FULL AND IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF A RECENT CRIMINAL INVEST, BUT FOR WHICH NEW INFORMATION COULD EMERGE FROM NEW WITNESS TESTIMONY, REEXAMINED ARCHIVES, RETAINED MATERIAL EVIDENCE, AS WELL AS FRESH ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBJECT.
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  1. CONTACT WOUND
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  1. A GUNSHOT WOUND INCURRED WHILE THE MUZZLE OF THE FIREARM IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE BODY AT THE MOMENT OF DISCHARGE.
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  1. DECOMPOSITION
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  1. THE PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLER FORMS OF MATTER.
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  1. DROWNING
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  1. A FORM OF DEATH THAT OCCURS WHEN LIQUID ENTERS THE BREATHING PASSAGES, PREVENTING AIR FROM GETTING TO THE LUNGS.
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  1. DYING DECLARATION.
  2. WHAT ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF A DYING DECLARATION.
  3. UNDER THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE A DYING DECLARATION IS ADMISSIBLE IF THE PROPONENT OF THE STATEMENT CAN ESTABLISH WHAT 4 THINGS.
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  1. A STATEMENT GIVEN BY A DYING PERSON THAT IMPLICATES THE KILLER.
  2. THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF A DYING DECLARATION ARE THAT THE VICTIM MUST BE RATIONAL , AND COMPETENT, AND MUST ULTIMATELY DIE OF THE WOUNDS.
  3. UNAVAILABILITY OF THE DECLARANT.
  4. THE STATEMENT IS BEING OFFERED IN A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR MURDER OR IN A CIVIL ACTION.
  5. THE STATEMENT WAS MADE WHILE UNDER THE BELIEF THAT HIS OR HER DEATH WAS IMMINENT.
  6. THE STATEMENT MUST RELATE TO THE CAUSE OR CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT THE PERSON BELIEVED TO BE HIS IMPENDING DEATH.
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  1. EXPERT SYSTEM.
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  1. A PROCESS OF USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY COMPUTERS TO MAKE INFERENCES BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SYSTEMS OPERATORS.
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  1. FIRST DEGREE MURDER
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  1. A FORM OF HOMICIDE THAT INCLUDES PREMEDITATION AND PREPLANNING.
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  1. FORENSIC ANTHROPOLIGY

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  1. THE APPLICATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN OSTEOLOGY IN A LEGAL SETTING, MOST OFTEN IN CRIMINAL CASES WHERE THE VICTIMS REMAINS ARE IN THE ADVANCE STAGES OF CRIMINAL DECOMPOSITION.
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  1. FORENSIC AUTOPSY
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  1. A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION , NECROPSY, AUTOPSIA CADAVERUS, OR OBDUCTIONS IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT CONSISTS OF A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF A CORPSE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH AND TO EVALUATE ANY DISEASE OR INJURY THAT MAY BE PRESENT.
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  1. FORENSIC ENTOMONLGY
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  1. THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF INSECTS
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  1. FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
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  1. DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF DEATH BY BY EXAMINATION OF THE CORPSE.
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  1. GUNSHOT RESIDUE (GSR)
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  1. BURNT AND UNBURNT PARTICLES FROM THE EXPLOSIVE PRIMER, THE PROPELLANT , AS WELL AS THE COMPONENTS FROM THE BULLET, THE CARTRIDGE CASE , AND THE FIREARM USED.
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  1. HOMICIDE
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  1. THE UNLAWFUL KILLING OF ONE HUMAN BEING BY ANOTHER.
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  1. HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION TRACKING SYSTEM.
  2. INITIALLY ONLY TRACKED INFORMATION FOR.
  3. BUT NOW INCLUDES.7
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  1. A SYSTEM DEVELOPED OUT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INITIALLY DESIGNED TO RECORD INFORMATION ON HOMICICES IN WASHINGTON STATE.
  2. HOMICIDE.
  3. SEXUAL ASSAULTS
  4. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
  5. CHILD LURING
  6. STALKING
  7. CHILD PORN
  8. IDENTITY THEFT
  9. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
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  1. INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
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  1. THE UNLAWFUL KILLING OF A HUMAN BEING WITHOUT MALICE AFORETHOUGHT, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
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  1. LIVIDITY
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  1. A BLOODSTAIN ON THE BODY OF A DECEASED PERSON
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  1. MANSLAUGHTER
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  1. THE DELIBERATE KILLING OF ANOTHER PERSON, BY EITHER VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY CLASSIFICATION.
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  1. MASS MURDER.
  2. HOW MANY MURDERS MAKE IT A MASS MURDER.
  3. AT HOW MANY LOCATIONS

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  1. THE COMMISSION OF FOUR OR MORE MURDERS IN A SINGLE INCIDENT WITHIN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME.
  2. FOUR OR MORE.
  3. JUST ONE LOCATION, WITHIN ONE EVENT.
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  1. MURDER
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1.THE PURPOSEFUL, PREMEDITATED, AND UNLAWFUL TAKING OF HUMAN LIFE BY ANOTHER PERSON

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  1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR ANALYSIS OF VIOLENT CRIME, WHAT DOES IT COMBAT.
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  1. SERIAL AND VIOLENT CRIME.
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  1. NATURAL DEATH
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  1. A DEATH THAT IS PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTED TO NATURAL AGENTS. USUALLY AN ILLNESS OR MALFUNCTION OF THE BODY.
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  1. POSTMORTEM LIVIDITY
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  1. A PURPLISH COLORATION OF THE SKIN OF A DECEASED PERSON
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  1. RIGOR MORTIS
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  1. THE PROCESS OF STIFFENING OR CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLES OF A DECEASED PERSON AFTER THE VITAL FUNCTIONS CEASE.
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  1. SCENE-CONSCIOUS
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  1. WHEN AN INVESTIGATOR BECOMES AWARE OF THE CRIME SCENE SITUATION AND IS PREPARED TO TAKE CERTAIN IMMEDIATE ACTIONS.
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  1. SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
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  1. A FORM OF HOMICIDE THERE THE SUSPECT INTENDED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO KILL THEIR VICTIM.
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  1. SENSATIONAL MURDER
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  1. A SERIES OR GROUP OF MURDERS THAT AROUSE THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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  1. SERIAL MURDER.
  2. HOW MANY VICTIMS MAKE IT A SERIAL MURDER.
  3. IN HOW MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS
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  1. A SEQUENCE OF MURDERS IN WHICH THERE IS A TIME BREAK BETWEEN VICTIMS OF TWO DAYS TO SEVERAL MONTHS.
  2. SEVERAL VICTIMS.
  3. THREE OR MORE SEPERATE EVENTS.
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  1. SPREE MURDER
  2. HOW MANY LOCATIONS AND TIME ARE NEEDED FOR A SPREE MURDER.
  3. HOW MANY MURDERS MUST BE COMMITTED, WITH OUT WHAT TYPE OF PERIOD

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  1. KILLINGS AT TWO OR MORE LOCATIONS WITH ALMOST NO TIME BREAK IN BETWEEN MURDERS, KILLING IN RAMPAGE FASHION.
  2. TWO OR MORE LOCATIONS, AND NO BREAK IN TIME.
  3. TWO OR MORE MURDERS WITH NO COOLING OFF PERIOD.
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  1. SUICIDE
  2. MOST PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUICIDE HAVE WHAT.
  3. WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF SUICIDE.
  4. WHAT IS THE WEAPON OF CHOICE.
  5. THEY ARE USED MORE IN SUICIDES THEN WHAT.
  6. WHAT ARE THE LARGEST GROUP OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS.
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  1. THE DELIBERATE TAKING OF ONES OWN LIFE.
  2. A DIAGNOSABLE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER.
  3. MAJOR DEPRESSION.
  4. FIREARMS
  5. THEN HOMICIDES.
  6. SUICIDE.
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  1. TATTOOING
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  1. A TERM REFERRING TO THE DEPOSIT OF GUNPOWDER ON THE SKIN OF A SHOOTING VICTIM WHO WAS SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE.
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  1. VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION

2. WHO OPPERATES IT.

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1.

2. THE FBI.

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  1. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
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  1. THE KILLING OF A HUMAN BEING IN WHICH THE OFFENDER HAD NO PRIOR INTENT TO KILL AND ACTED DURING THE HEAT OF PASSION, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD CAUSE A REASONABLE PERSON TO BECOME EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.
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  1. WHAT ARE THE 4 MODES OF DEATH
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  1. ACCIDENTAL DEATH
  2. NATURAL DEATH
  3. SUICIDE
  4. MURDER
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  1. THE 4 WAYS MURDER CAN BE COMITTED.
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  1. WOUNDS FROM A GUN OR SHOTGUN
  2. CUTTING AND STABBING WOUNDS
  3. BLUNT FORCE INJURIES
  4. EXTRAORDINARY MODES OF DEATH SUCH AS POISONING AND STRANGULATION.
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  1. WHAT ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES OF HOMICIDE.
  2. WHAT IS MURDER.
  3. WHAT IS MANSLAUGHTER.
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  1. MURDER
  2. MANSLAUGHTER.
  3. THE PURPOSEFUL, PREMEDITATED, AND UNLAWFUL TAKING OF LIFE.
  4. DELIBERATE KILLING OF ANOTHER PERSON.
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  1. WHAT ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES OF MANSLAUGHTER.
  2. WHAT IS VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
  3. WHAT IS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
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  1. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
  2. INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
  3. THE KILLING OF ANOTHER PERSON OUT OF PASSION, BUT LACKS PREMEDITATION.
  4. THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF ANOTHER, DUE TO SEVERE NEGLIGANCE.
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  1. EXAMPLES OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
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  1. RECKLESS HANDLING OF A FIREARM RESULTING IN DEATH, LEAVING DANGEROUS POISONS OR DRUGS IN REACH OF CHILDREN.
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  1. WHAT 3 IDENTIFIERS SHOULD INVESTIGATORS LOOK AT WHEN ON THE SCENE OF A DECEASED VICTIM.
  2. WHAT SHOULD THE INVESTIGATOR ATTEMPT TO DO FIRST WITH THE DECEASED VICTIM.
  3. HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOULD THE INVESTIGATOR HAVE IDENTIFY THE VICTIM.

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  1. WOUNDS AND BLOOD
  2. FINGERNAIL SCRAPINGS
  3. FINGERPRINTS OF THE DECEASED.
  4. IDENTIFY HIM
  5. MORE THEN ONE PERSON TO ELIMINATE MISTAKEN IDENTITY
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  1. WHAT CAN BE HELPFUL TO TELL AN INVESTIGATOR IF A BODY HAS BEEN MOVED.
  2. HOW.
  3. WHAT ELSE MIGHT ALSO BE CONSIDERED DOING.
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  1. WOUNDS AND BLOOD AROUND THE BODY
  2. IF WOUNDS INDICATE SEVERE BLEEDING AND LITTLE BLOOD IS ON THE SCENE, THE BODY MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED.
  3. GETTING BLOOD TYPE AND DNA
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  1. HOW CAN FINGERNAIL SCRAPPING HELP AN INVESTIGATOR.
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  1. THEY MAY CONTAIN HAIR, SKIN, BLOOD, OR FIBERS WHICH MAY HELP DEVELOP A SUSPECT.
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  1. HOW CAN A DECEASED PERSONS FINGERPRINTS BE TAKEN AT THE SCENE.
  2. HOW.
  3. HOW CAN RIGID JOINTS BE LOOSENED.
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  1. BY USING AN INK ROLLER ON EACH FINGER.
  2. PLACE THE INKED FINGER ON A PIECE OF PAPER ON A CURVED HOLDER SUCH AS A SPOON.
  3. BY WORKING THE FINGER BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES.
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  1. WHAT 5 CATEGORIES IS DEATH PLACED INTO.
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  1. NATURAL
  2. ACCIDENTAL
  3. HOMICIDE
  4. SUICIDE
  5. UNDETERMINED.
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  1. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO DETERMINE. 3
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  1. TIME OF DEATH
  2. CAUSE OF DEATH
  3. IF ANYTHING PRECEEDED THE DEATH, SUCH AS ALTERCATION.
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  1. WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL VARIABLES OF THE DECEASED IN A HOMICIDE CASE WITH NO WITNESSES.
  2. WHAT CAN THIS DO 3.
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  1. DETERMINING THE TIME OF DEATH.
  2. CONVICT A MURDERER
  3. BREAK AN ALIBI
  4. ELIMINATE A SUSPECT.
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  1. WHEN DOES DEATH OCCUR IN A BODY

2. WHAT TWO THINGS DOES THIS INCLUDE.

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  1. WHEN VITAL FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY ARE HALTED.

2. BREATHING AND CIRCULATION.

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  1. AFTER DEATH OCCURS WHAT HAPPENS.
  2. AFTER DEATH OCCURS, HUMAN DECOMPOSITION TAKES PLACE IN 5 STAGES, WHAT ARE THEY.
  3. HOW LONG CAN THE PROCESS OF TISSUE BREAKDOWN TAKE.
  4. AT ALL STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION , WHAT IS PRESENT ON THE BODY.
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  1. DECOMPOSITION TAKES PLACE.
  2. THE FRESH STAGE.
  3. THE PUTREFACTION STAGE.
  4. THE BLACK PUTREFACTION STAGE.
  5. THE BUTYRIC FERMENTATION STAGE
  6. THE DRY DECAY STAGE.
  7. FROM SEVERAL DAYS TO YEARS.
  8. INSECTS.
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THE FRESH STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION.

  1. WHEN DOES THE FRESH STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION BEGIN TO OCCUR.
  2. WHAT ARE THE PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DECOMPOSITION DURING THE FRESH STAGE.
  3. WHAT PROCESS BEGINS DURING THE FRESH STAGE.
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  1. WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER DEATH.
  2. THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL SIGNS.
  3. ALGOR MORTIS.
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  1. WHAT IS ALGOR MORTIS.
  2. WHAT INSECTS BEGIN TO LAY THERE EGGS DURING THE FRESH STAGE.

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  1. THE COOLING OG THE BODYS TEMPERATURE TO THAT OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.
  2. DIPTERA INSECTS.
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THE PUTREFACTION STAGE

  1. WHAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN TO A BODY DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION, THE PUTREFACTION STAGE.
  2. WHAT COLOR DOES THE LOWER ABDOMEN BEGIN TO TURN.
  3. WHAT IS ALSO CAUSED ON THE BODY DURING THIS STAGE.
  4. THEY THEN TURN TO WHAT COLOR.
  5. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED.
  6. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SKIN AT THIS POINT.
  7. WHAT MARKES THE CHANGE FROM THE EARLY STAGE OF PUTREFACTION TO THE ADVANCED DECOMPOSITION STAGE.
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  1. ODOR, COLOR CHANGES, AND BLOATING OF THE BODY OCCUR.
  2. GREEN.
  3. RED STREAKS ALONG THE VEINS.
  4. GREEN
  5. MARBELIZATION.
  6. IT BECOMES SLIPPERY.
  7. WHEN COLOR CHANGES FROM GREEN TO BROWN.
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  1. WHAT MEMBERS OF INSECT ARE ON A DECOPOSED BODY
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  1. THE CALLIPHORIDAE FAMILY
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THE BLACK PUTREFACTION STAGE 3RD STAGE.

  1. WHAT HAPPENS DURING THIS STAGE.
  2. WHEN DOES THIS STAGE END
  3. HOW LONG CAN THIS TAKE.
  4. DEPENDING ON WHAT.
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  1. ALL GASES ESCAPE AND THE BODY COLOR DARKENS.
  2. WHEN THE BONES BECOME APPARENT.
  3. 10 TO 20 DAYS AFTER DEATH
  4. DEPENDING ON THE REGION AND TEMPERATURE.
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  1. WHAT ARE ONE OF THE WAYS TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF DEATH.
  2. WHATS THE TIME SPAN OF THE HATCHING OF MAGGOTS.
  3. WHAT EXPERT SHOULD BE CONTACTED.

4 HOW SHOULD THE INSECTS BE PRESERVED.

A
  1. THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF INSECTS IN THE BODY.
  2. 24 HOURS.
  3. AN ENTOMOLOGIST.
  4. BY PLACING ALL INSECTS INTO ALCOHOL FOR PRESERVATION.
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THE BUTYRIC FERMENTATION STAGE 4TH STAGE.

  1. WHAT BEGINS IN THIS STAGE.
  2. WHAT HAPPENS HERE .
  3. WHEN DOES MUMMIFICATION STAGE BEGIN
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  1. THE MUMMIFICATION STAGE.
  2. THE BODY BEGINS TO DRY OUT.
  3. WHEN ALL THE ORGANS HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO INSECT ACTIVITY.
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THE DRY DECAY STAGE. 5TH STAGE.

  1. WHAT OCCURS HERE
A
  1. SKELETONIZATION.
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  1. WHAT 13 FACTORS AFFECT DECOMPOSITION.
A
  1. TEMPERATURE.
  2. THE AVAILABILITY OF OXYGEN
  3. PRIOR EMBALMING
  4. CAUSE OF DEATH
  5. BURIAL AND DEPTH OF BURIAL
  6. ACCESS BY SCAVENGERS
  7. TRAUMA, INCLUDING WOUNDS AND CRUSHING BLOWS
  8. HUMIDITY OR WETNESS
  9. RAINFALL.
  10. BODY SIZE AND WEIGHT.
  11. CLOTHING
  12. THE SURFACE ON WHICH THE BODY RESTS.
  13. FOODS AND OBJECTS INSIDE THE SPECIMENS DIGESTIVE TRACT.
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  1. IF GIVEN CASPES LAW, THAT ALL OTHER FACTORS ARE EQUAL, THEN WHEN THERE IS FREE ACCES OF AIR HOW FAST DOES A BODY DECOMPOSE COMPARED TO IN WATER
A
  1. A BODY DECOMPOSES TWICE AS FAST THEN IF IMMERSED IN WATER, AND EIGHT TIMES FASTER THEN IF BUTIED IN EARTH.
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  1. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE TO A BODYS DECOMPOSITION.
  2. WHAT HAPPENS TO DECOMPOSITION IN EXTREAMELY DRY OR EXTREAMELY COLD TEMPERATURES.
A
  1. ITS ACESSIBILITY TO INSECTS AND FLIES.

2. DECOMPOSITION IS HALTED.

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  1. WHAT IS ANOTHER VISUAL EVIDENCE OF DECOMPOSITION.
  2. WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY DOES COLOR DISAPPEAR FIRST.
  3. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN.
  4. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BLOOD
  5. WHAT IS THIS DUE TO.

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  1. WHEN BLOOD CHANGES COLOR, WHAT IS THIS THE START OF.
A
  1. BODY COLOR.
  2. THE LIPS AND NAILS
  3. CAUSE THE BLOOD SETTLES INTO THE LOWER CAPILARIES OF THE BODY.
  4. THE BLOOD CHANGES FROM RED TO DARK PURPLE
  5. CAUSE IT LOOSES OXYGEN.
  6. LIVIDITY.
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  1. HOW LONG WIL A BODY REMAIN COOL FOR AFTER DEATH

2. HOW LONG AFTER DEATH WILL A BODY REMAIN THE SAME TEMPERATURE AS ITS SURROUNDINGS FOR.

A
  1. 8 TO 12 HOURS.

2. 24 HOURS.

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  1. WHAT IS RIGOR MORTIS.
  2. WHAT IS A POOR INDICATOR OF THE TIME OF DEATH.
  3. HOW LONG AFTE DEATH DOES RIGOR MORTIS BEGIN TO SET IN.
  4. AT WHAT TIME DOES RIGOR MORTIS START AT CERTAIN POINTS OF THE BODY.
  5. WHAT DIRECTION DOES RIGOR MORTIS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
  6. HOW LONG AFTER DEATH IS RIGOR MORTIS COMPLETE.
A
  1. THE PROCESS OF STIFFENING OR CONTRACTION OF BODY MUSCLES AFTER VITAL FUNCTIONS CEASE.
  2. RIGOR MORTIS.
  3. WITHIN 2 TO 4 HOURS AFTER DEATH.
  4. RIGOR MORTIS STARTS AT THE SAME TIME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BODY.
  5. THE HEAD TO FOOT DIRECTION
  6. 8 TO 12 HOURS.
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  1. WHAT IS LIVIDITY.
  2. WHERE DOES BLOOD SETTLE DURING LIVIDITY
  3. WHY.
  4. WHAT COLOR IS THE LIVIDITY STAIN ON A BODY
  5. WHERE DOES THIS STAIN FORM
  6. WHEN DOES LIVIDITY BEGIN TO APPEAR.
  7. AFTER HOW LONG WILL THE LIVIDITY COLOR REMAIN
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  1. WHEN A BODYS VITAL FUNCTIONS CEASE
  2. BLOOD SETTLES TO THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BODY

3 DUE TO GRAVITY.

  1. PURPLISH
  2. ON THE SKIN OF THE BODY CLOSEST TO THE SURFACE ON WHICH IT WAS LYING.
  3. BETWEEN ONE HALF HOUR TO 4 HOURS AFTER DEATH
  4. AFTER 12 HOURS
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  1. WHAT FACTOR CAN HELP DETERMINE IF THE BODY WAS MOVED.
A
  1. LIVIDITY.
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  1. WHEN A BULLET ENTERS A BODY, WHAT DOES THE ENTRANCE WOUND LOOK LIKE.
  2. WHAT IS LEFT ON IT.
  3. WHAT DOES THE EXIT WOUND LOOK LIKE.
A
  1. WOUND IS SMALL, LITTLE BOOD
  2. THE ABRASION RING.
  3. THE EXIT WOUND IS LARGER, NO ABRASION RING, AND FAR MORE BLOOD.
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  1. WHAT ARE THE FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS FOR DETERMINING THE DISTANCE OF A GUNSHOT WOUND.
  2. WHATS A CONTACT WOUND.
  3. WHAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF A CONTACT WOUND.
A
  1. CONTACT
  2. NEAR CONTACT
  3. INTERMEDIATE
  4. DISTANT WOUND
  5. RESULTS WHEN THE MUZZLE OF THE FIREARM IS HELD AGAINST THE BODY AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE.
  6. SOOT, A MUZZLE IMPRINT, OR A LACERATION WILL BE LEFT ON THE SKIN
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  1. WHAT IS A NEAR CONTACT WOUND.

2. WHAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF NEAR CONTACT (CLOSE RANGE) AND INTERMEDIATE WOUNDS

A
  1. MUZZLE OF GUN IS CLOSE TO SKIN, BUT NOT TOUCHING IT. POWDER, SOOT , AND BLACKENED SKIN IS LEFT.
  2. MAY SHOW A WIDE ZONE OF POWDER STIPPLING, BUT LACK A MUZZLE IMPRINT AN LACERATION
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  1. WHAT IS AN INTERMEDIATE WOUND
  2. WHATS A DISTANT WOUND.’
  3. WHAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF A DISTANT WOUND.
A
  1. THE MUZZLE IS HELD AWAY FROM THE SKIN, BUT CLOSE ENOUTH THAT IT STILL PRODUCES POWDER TATTOOING. REDDISH BROWN OR ORANGE LESIONS ARE LEFT AROUND THE ENTRANCE WOUND.
  2. DISTANT GUNSHOT WOUNDS LEAVE NO MARKS OTHER THEN THE BULLET.
  3. A DISTANT WOUND WILL LACK POWDER STIPPLING AND EXHIBIT A HOLW ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF THE CALIBER.
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  1. IF A GUNSHOT WOUND PRODUCES REDDISH BROWN TO ORANGE POWDER TATTOOING , WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
  2. IF A GUNSHOT WOUND PRODUCES GRAY OR YELLOW MARKS INSTEAD WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
  3. HOW CAN THE TYPE OF SHOTGUN USED, BE DETERMINED.
  4. HOW CAN THE TYPE OF GUN USED BE DETERMINED.
A
  1. THE VICTIM WAS ALIVE BEFORE BEING SHOT.
  2. THE VICTIM WAS DEAD BEFORE BEING SHOT.
  3. BY EXAMINING THE WADDING.
  4. BY EXAMINING THE WOUND.
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  1. WHAT IS SMUDGING.
  2. WHY IS SMUDGING IMPORTANT
  3. CAN SMUDGING BE WIPED AWAY.

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A
  1. THE RING THAT RESULTS FROM GUNPOWDER AROUND A WOUND.
  2. IT CAN INDICATE THAT A VICTIM WAS CLOSE TO HIS ASSAILANT, ALTHOUGH THE FIREARM WS NOT ACTUALLY TOUCHING THE SKIN
  3. YES.
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Q
  1. WHAT IS TATTOOING.
  2. CAN TATTOOING BE WIPED AWAY
  3. WHAT CAN THE PRESENCE OF POWDER BURNS FROM A GUN HELP DETERMINE.
A
  1. TINY PINPOINT HEMORRHAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE DISCHARGE OF UNBURNED POWDER BEING DEPOSITED INTO THE SKIN
  2. NO
  3. IF A PERSON WAS MURDERED OR DIED FROM SUICIDE AND ALSO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND THE FIREARM.
72
Q
  1. THE SPEED OF DECOMPOSITION MAY VARY ON WHAT FACTORS.
A
  1. TEMPERATURE,
  2. HUMIDITY
  3. SEASON OF DEATH.
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Q
  1. VISUAL EVIDENCE OF DECOMPOSITION.
A
  1. BODY COLOR
  2. CHANGES IN THE EYES
  3. BODY TEMP
  4. RIGOR MORTIS
  5. POSTMORTEM LIVIDITY.

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