CCJS420 University of Maryland Case Study Internal Briefing Report
Question Description
Assignment:
As a medico-legal death investigator, you will be expected to complete reports regarding the cases that you have been assigned. These reports may be sent to a prosecuting agency, the law enforcement agency, special investigators, or governmental oversight boards. If you are an investigator in a small office, you may be able to get by with informal briefings given person-to-person or during meetings; however, if you work in a large metropolitan office with many cases, you will need to present your reports in written form.
For this assignment, you will be given case notes. You will write an internal case briefing. This briefing will go to the chief medical examiner (ME). Include the following:
All case notes and pertinent information regarding the case
Descriptions of the scene and body as you found them (Paint the picture for the ME. You may “˜create’ scene and body descriptions using the case notes and Death investigation: A guide for the scene investigator as your guide)
All information you need to collect from family members, witnesses, and/or other agencies in a follow-up investigation regarding the death and how you plan to obtain that information
All information leading to the identification of the deceased (this is what you will do in project 3)
All items collected and who has custody of those items
All field tests conducted by LE and the results of those tests (you may create the tests and results LE would likely do using the case notes) and additional tests requested by LE
Explain and describe the investigative procedures which may have been or were used during the investigation (based on information discussed and learned in class) in the appropriate narrative sections
In writing this report, be mindful of your audience. What information will the chief ME need in order to sign off on the case? How should you present this information? Do any aspects of the case pose concerns or cause uncertainty? Be mindful of ethical disclosure, legal implications, and level of discretion when writing your report.
The report should be organized in a logical manner and written with professional language with the following requirements:
Use Briefing Report for Project 2 attached to the Case Study: Internal Briefing Report module under Week 3 Content or under Writing Help documents in Content. DO NOT change the spacing, margins, justification, font type, or font size!
The audience is the boss of your organization, most probably the Chief Medical Examiner, so make sure you are writing this report with that audience in mind.
First person, past tense, active voice.
Save your file as LastName Internal. Let Word add the file extension (.doc or .docx)
You can find the case notes in the Course-at-a-Glance under Project 2.
Keep in mind that this is YOUR report. YOU responded as the death investigator. The case notes are YOURS. Remember your audience. For this report, the ME is your boss and YOU are the MDI. You are NOT to solve this case or complete the investigation. Your initial report is to assist the ME with determining cause and manner of death and effecting positive identification. YOU are the eyes and ears for the ME on the scene.
DO NOT use the Death Scene Documentation Photos for this report

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20190703121448case_notes_ (14 kB)
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