Death investigation.(BOOKS AND REPORTS)

Legal Publisher, April, 2007

CRC Press (Boca Raton, FL) has just released "Investigating Infant Death," a new book that provides medicolegal death investigators and law enforcement personnel with investigative techniques applicable to sudden unexplained infant deaths. It includes information on examining the incident scene, performing an initial post-mortem external exam, interviewing parents, review medical records, social service records and criminal histories, and the benefits of "double-teaming" an investigation.

It includes 40 case studies to illustrate the covered techniques with pictures of scenes, unsafe environments and sample interview transcripts. The book costs $90.