Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Strictly Murder! provides film, TV, and fiction writers with essential information on all aspects of murder and its investigation and prosecution, including
-- types of murders
-- methods
-- motives
-- criminal profiles
-- police investigative tools and procedures
-- medical examiner and crime lab tools and procedures
-- criminal court procedures ... and much more.
Unique to this book is the inclusion of a copy of an actual Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department "murder book" -- a law enforcement agency's complete paper trail, which follows a murder from the time it is first reported through the arrest of a suspect. A "murder book" collects every report made by every person connected with a murder investigation, including the first officer on the scene, forensic investigators, and detectives.
Strictly Murder! also includes short chapters written by investigative, criminal profiling, and crime lab experts.