Cadaver dog handbook : forensic training and pdf

Cadaver dog handbook : forensic training and

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Cadaver Dog Handbook 2000 (Forensic Training & Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains) By Andrew Rebmann’, ‘Includes bibliographical references and index’, ‘1. Introduction — Setting the stage — Definition of cadaver dogs — A brief history of cadaver dogs — Purpose of this book — Overview of book topics and organization — 2. Dog basics — The working dog — Dog noses and dog brains — Scent cone theory — “Live” scent versus “death” scent — Scent and the environment — Decomposition odor forms a scent pool — Wind carries scent away forming a scent cone — Barriers cause scent to form secondary scent pools and secondary scent cones — Water moves scent away from the source — Scent cone distortion is produced by variable winds — Scent voids can be produced in water or on land — Limits of cadaver dogs and scent detection — 3.

Training the cadaver dog — Selection of a dog to train — Handler characteristics needed — Overview of training — Training basics — Shaping behavior — A dog and a dolphin : training without punishment — Reading the dog — Training principles — Training progression — General guidelines for training and practice — Training scenarios — Ongoing training regime — Frequently asked questions — Final note and caution — 4. Training materials — Creating and handling training aids — Scent sources — Natural scent : human flesh — Natural scent : human blood — Natural scent : soil samples — Natural scent : adipocere — Artificial scent : putrescine (1,4 — diaminobutane) and cadaverine (1,5 — diaminopentane) — Artificial scent : sigma pseudo corpse I, pseudo corpse II, sigma pseudo distressed body — Scented training aids — Storage containers — Training containers — Scent tube — Scented toys — Equipment and set-up needed for imprinting phase — Equipment needed as training progresses — 5.

Professional issues — Standardization and certification — Ethics and professional conduct — Levels of certainty and conclusions reached — Record keeping — Training records — Search reports — Resume — Evaluating the qualifications of an unknown dog/handler team — Testifying in court — Qualifying the dog/handler team as an expert witness’, ‘6. Legal issues — Introduction — Licensure and vaccination — Exercising “due care” — Negligence — Strict liability — Joint and several liability — Search, seizure, and warrants — Practical implications for canine searches in general — Implications for cadaver dog searches — 7. Handling a search request — Record keeping regarding requests — Evaluating the feasibility of the search — Evaluating the appropriateness of using a particular handler or canine — Scheduling a search : season, time, weather — Promises and deliverables — When to say no — 8. The search — Introduction — Types of canine cadaver searches — Recovery expansion search — Focused speculative search — Non-focused speculative search — Forensic contexts — Unpremeditated homicide — Premeditated homicide — Serial murders — Search parameters — Suicide — Elderly persons suffering from dementia — Physical contexts — Use of technical location and mapping aids — Aids to

location — Maps — Compasses — Global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers — Search applications — Establish a search baseline and anchor point — Box the compass needle — Mark the baseline — Construct the initial outside corridor line — Construct the backline — Define the corridor width — Begin the search — Document alerts and finds — Mapping scattered remains — Use of remote sensing and other techniques — Human observation — Soil probe — Other methods for venting soil — Metal detector — Aerial photography with and without thermal imaging — Other techniques — The crime scene — Scene command — Evidence preservation — 9. Behind the scenes : taphonomy — Postmortem processes — Decomposition and skeletonization — Disarticulation — Scavenger modification — Search strategies for disarticulated remains — Working with the anthropologist’, ’10. At the scene — Introduction — General steps involved as the scene — On-site guidelines — Define the search area for the handler(s) — Acclimating the dog — Motivating the dog — Periodic reinforcement — Documenting the search — 11.

Land search — Search planning — Conducting the search — Special search situations — Sport searches — Hasty searches — Grid searches — Roadsides — Landfills — Swamps — Wilderness and forest strategies — Hunters : game trials and stands — Hikers : hiking trails and natural hazards — Other lost subjects : open grid and large area search — Disarticulated remains — Discovery by pet dogs — Discovery of hunters or hikers — Dismembered bodies — Accidental dismemberment — Deliberate dismemberment — Scent line-ups — Procedure for scent line-ups — Adapting to special terrain and site circumstances — Changes in elevation — Contour searching — Drainage patterns — Wells — Difficult to explain alerts — 12. Water searches — Training — Training materials — Training steps using a scent capsule — Training using a scent pump — Training using a diver — Background information, type of drowning — Dry drowning — Wet drowning — Search strategy tip — Eyewitness — Search example — Decomposition process — First stage — Second stage — Third stage — Exceptions — Working a water search — Selection of boats — Boat types — Working a search area — General suggestions — Suggestions for

working rivers — Upstream against the wind — Upstream with the wind — Downstream against the wind — Downstream with the wind — Suggestions for working lakes — Water conditions — Recovery — “False” alerts — Marker buoys — Clothing and other debris — Dead, wet critters — Handler cueing dog — Acknowledgments — Bibliography — Appendix A. Resources — Selected training aids and equipment — Continuing education opportunities — Professional organizations — Appendix B. Report examples — K-9 search report — Example of recovery expansion search report — Appendix C. Resume examples — Handler resume — Example A — Example B — Canine resume example — Training record example — Glossary’, ‘”Cadaver Dog Handbook sets out the principles and procedures for the training and handling of dogs for the location of human remains. It explains scent theory and its applications, introduces basic training and searching strategies/tactics, and covers the legal and taphonomic issues associated with dog searches.

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, which renders the text useful to virtually all participants in the search for and the evaluation of human remains.”–Jacket

• Creator/s: Rebmann, Andrew J, David, Edward, Sorg, Marcella H, Koenig, Marcia
• Date: 2000
• Book Topics/Themes: dog, search, scent, crc, handler, llc, cadaver, training, press, alert, crc press, press llc, scent cone, llc rnr, cadaver dog, cadaver search, scent source, search area, cadaver dogs, air scent, Police dogs, Forensic anthropology

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