TOPICS COVERED IN THE PROCEDURES SECTION INCLUDE THE INITIATION OF THE INVESTIGATION; PROCEDURE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER; RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFICER IN CHARGE; MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE TECHNICAL BUREAUS; TIME OF DEATH; DYING DECLARATIONS; IDENTIFICATION; AND TESTIFYING IN COURT. SPECIFIC TYPES OF HOMICIDES DISCUSSED INCLUDE PRISON HOMICIDES, SEX-MOTIVATED HOMICIDE, CHILD DEATHS, AND SUICIDES. THE SECTION ON HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION LAWS DISCUSSES ACCESSORIES, SEARCH WARRANTS, PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST, THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE, THE ESCOBEDO AND MIRANDA DECISIONS, JUVENILES IN HOMICIDE CASES, COURT PROCEDURES, THE POLICE AND THE MEDIA, AND THE MASSACHUSETTS LAWS ON HOMICIDE.