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Animal Cruelty Investigations
eBook - A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict
ISBN/EAN: 9781119764908
Umbreit-Nr.: 5080256
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 464 S., 33.07 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 02.02.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><i>Animal Cruelty Investigations: A Collaborative Approach from Victim to Verdict</i>provides a framework for the experts who respond to animal cruelty cases: veterinarians, law enforcement agencies, animal care and control organizations, and prosecutors.<p>This book is a practical guide which provides insight and direction for every phase of an animal cruelty investigation. The step-by-step guidance on responding to particular issues and challenges related to animal cruelty cases is bolstered by the extensive library of checklists, form templates, specific case protocols, and lists of available resources. This book is designed to empower readers to respond to animal cruelty cases confidently and effectively by:<ul><li>Introducing veterinarians to their critical role in animal cruelty investigations including forensic examination and necropsy, crime scene response, report writing, and testimony. Included are detailed Specific Case Protocols for common animal cruelty scenarios.</li><li>Helping animal shelters navigate the challenges of holding animals in protective custody, housing unusual species, and placing evidence animals in foster care.</li><li>Offering law enforcement agencies useful methods for investigating animal cruelty such as search and seizure protocols, witness interview techniques, and valuable forms and templates necessary to strengthen and ensure proper search warrant execution, evidence collection and handling, and chain of custody; all with a focus on animals as both victims and evidence.</li><li>Guiding prosecutors through the steps necessary to utilize the veterinarians findings during trial and providing insight into issues to be considered when reviewing search warrants, filing charges, proposing plea agreements, or filing pre-conviction forfeiture motions.</li></ul><p>This book is a must-have reference and guide for veterinarians, technicians, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and all those involved in the protection of animals health and wellbeing. The successful investigation of animal crimes relies on each of these disciplines, not only carrying out their professional duties, but having a collective understanding of what each other needs in order to meet that expectation.<p>
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- <p><b>Edited by</b></p><p><b> Dr. Kris Otteman,</b> DVM, Diplomate ABVP Shelter Medicine Practice, CAWA, Courtesy Faculty Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, USA<p><b> Linda Fielder,</b> CAWA, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Cotati, CA, USA<p><b>Emily Lewis,</b> J.D., M.S.E.L., Animal Legal Defense Fund, Cotati, CA, USA