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Roth, Martin, 1924-2000

Strictly murder! : a writer's guide to criminal homicide / Martin Roth.

Los Angeles, CA : Siles Press, ©1998.

xvii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship.

Detective and mystery stories -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Murder -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Homicide -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Handbooks and manuals.

By Martin Roth, with several short chapters written by others.

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Strictly murder -- Murder in the first -- Glossary -- The many causes of death -- Outstanding murder cases -- Murder versus suicide -- Homicide: preface -- Homicide -- Criminal homicide -- Female murderers -- Contract killers -- Organized crime -- Domestic murders -- Kids who kill & killers of kids -- Serial killers -- Sex & murder -- The act of terrorism: preface -- Terrorism -- Terrorism: Q & A -- Cults that kill: preface -- Cults and sects -- Victims -- Homicide photographs -- Murder weapons & the means to murder -- The murder investigation -- Motives for murder -- Law enforcement -- HITS: Homicide Investigation & Tracking System -- Tips from a top investigator -- The profiler -- The private investigator & bounty hunters -- The homicide investigation: the crime scene -- The murder book -- The crime lab: preface -- The crime lab (the silent witness) -- Crime lab photographs -- Crime lab: Q & A -- The medical examiner -- The ongoing investigation -- Homicide: Q & A -- The District Attorney & the prosecutor -- The defendant & the counsel for the defense -- The courtroom -- Courtroom: Q & A -- The death watch -- Murders that out -- Suggested films.

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