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Most medical examinations of a deceased person are conducted primarily to:

A) prepare the body for burial.
B) determine the deceased's identity.
C) determine the time and cause of death.
D) satisfy the state's legal requirement.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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How can police departments address homicide proactively?

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The key element distinguishing manslaughter from murder is premeditation.

Shotgun wounds produce than single bullets.

Compare the different indicators in gunshot wounds in an apparent suicide versus a homicide.

Unlike workplace violence, school violence usually occurs without warning.

Investigators are more likely to clear a homicide if they arrive within 30 minutes of being notified.

It can be assumed that a victim has died on land if:

The cornea clouds more rapidly if the eyes remain closed after death.

Premeditation is a requirement in which type of crime?

More Americans die by suicide than homicide.

Rigor mortis is at its maximum at about hours after death.

Lack of a note generally precludes the possibility of suicide.

Equivocal death investigations are those inquiries that are open to interpretation as to the cause of death.

Two of the more difficult kinds of cases for a criminal investigator to handle are those related to missing persons and those involving unidentified human remains.