Claire Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane Australia. Claire’s work bridges the gap between theory and practice in complex sudden death investigations potentially involving detection avoidance. While she has published over 40 articles in many academic journals, she also uses her research to inform training and expert consultancy for assisting police, attorneys, and coroners investigating missing persons, equivocal deaths, and suspected homicides.

• 1. A continuing history of research into detection avoidance 2. The basics of detection avoidance in homicide 3. Categorizing detection avoidance behavior using typologies 4. Discovering crime scene staging through deception detection5. Explaining offenders’ use of detection avoidance6. Towards a theory of detection avoidance as a form of coercive control7. Challenges and opportunities in uncovering concealed homicides Index

Claire Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane Australia. Claire’s work bridges the gap between theory and practice in complex sudden death investigations potentially involving detection avoidance. While she has published over 40 articles in many academic journals, she also uses her research to inform training and expert consultancy for assisting police, attorneys, and coroners investigating missing persons, equivocal deaths, and suspected homicides.

• 1. A continuing history of research into detection avoidance 2. The basics of detection avoidance in homicide 3. Categorizing detection avoidance behavior using typologies 4. Discovering crime scene staging through deception detection5. Explaining offenders’ use of detection avoidance6. Towards a theory of detection avoidance as a form of coercive control7. Challenges and opportunities in uncovering concealed homicides Index

Claire Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane Australia. Claire’s work bridges the gap between theory and practice in complex sudden death investigations potentially involving detection avoidance. While she has published over 40 articles in many academic journals, she also uses her research to inform training and expert consultancy for assisting police, attorneys, and coroners investigating missing persons, equivocal deaths, and suspected homicides.

• 1. A continuing history of research into detection avoidance 2. The basics of detection avoidance in homicide 3. Categorizing detection avoidance behavior using typologies 4. Discovering crime scene staging through deception detection5. Explaining offenders’ use of detection avoidance6. Towards a theory of detection avoidance as a form of coercive control7. Challenges and opportunities in uncovering concealed homicides Index