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Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations
Edited by Jason H Byrd and James L Castner
CRC Press
2000
440 pp ISBN 0849381207
£97.00
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- Contains 170 high-quality color photographs of live specimens and distribution maps
- Contains 200 tables that allows the reader speedy access to precise data
- Provides complete life-cycle information on insect species
- Presents the techniques for proper extraction of human DNA from insects
- Includes detailed references for the identification and dating of insects commonly found around human remains
Insects and other arthropods found at a death scene can provide corroborating evidence regarding both
the time and place of death as well as possible antimortem and postmortem treatment of the victim.
Nevertheless, most forensic investigators are not specially trained in entomology, and until now, no entomology
reference has fully explored these subjects. Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal
Investigations usurps this void, instructing even individuals without a background in entomology on what
to search for when recovering entomological evidence at a crime scene.
Contents
- Introduction
- Perceptions and Status of Forensic Entomology, Robert D. Hall
- General Entomology and Arthropod Biology, James L. Castner
- Insects of Forensic Importance, Jason H. Byrd and James L. Castner
- Collection of Entomological Evidence During Death Investigations,Neal H. Haskell, Wayne D. Lord, and Jason H. Byrd
- Laboratory Rearing of Forensic Insects, Jason H. Byrd
- Insect Succession on Carrion and its Relationship to Determining Time of Death, Gail S. Anderson
- The Role of Aquatic Insects in Forensic Investigations, Richard W. Merritt, and John R. Wallace
- Recovering Buried Bodies and Surface Scatter: The Associated Anthropological, Botanical, and Entomological Evidence, Alison Galloway, Heather A. Walsh-Haney, and Jason H. Byrd
- Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval, Jeffery D. Wells and Lynn R. LaMotte
- Insect Development and Forensic Entomology, Leon G. Higley and Neal H. Haskell
- Computer Modeling of Insect Growth and Its Application to Forensic Entomology, Jason H. Byrd and Jon C. Allen
- Entomotoxicology: Insects as Toxicological Indicators and the Impact of Drugs and Toxins on Insect Development, M.L. Goff and Wayne D. Lord
- DNA Techniques for Forensic Entomology, Mark Benecke and Jeffrey D. Wells
- Entomological Alteration of Bloodstain Evidence, Rosemary Brown, Roger Hawkes, M Anderson Parker, Jason H. Byrd
- The Forensic Entomologist as Expert Witness, Robert D. Hall
- Glossary
- Index
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