Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Amendt, Jens (Editor), Goff, M.Lee (Editor), Campobasso, Carlo P. (Editor), Grassberger, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Forensic science.; Forensic medicine.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Forensic Science.; Forensic Medicine.; Life Sciences, general.

Twenty years ago the use of entomology in a crime scene investigation was considered bizarre, despite the solid scientific background and documented historical applications. Today, the use of insect evidence is an accepted sub-discipline in modern forensic science. Nevertheless, forensic entomology...

Table of Contents:

• Early Postmortem Changes and Stages of Decomposition
• Keys for Identification of Immature Insects
• Key for the Identification of Third Instars of European Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Forensic Importance
• The Utility of Coleoptera in Forensic Investigations
• Phoretic Mites and Carcasses: Acari Transported by Organisms Associated with Animal and Human Decomposition
• Indoor Arthropods of Forensic Importance: Insects Associated with Indoor Decomposition and Mites as Indoor Markers
• Contemporary Precision, Bias and Accuracy of Minimum Post-Mortem Intervals Estimated Using Development of Carrion-Feeding Insects
• Analysing Forensic Entomology Data Using Additive Mixed Effects Modelling
• Toxicology and Forensic Entomology
• Cuticular Hydrocarbons: A New Tool in Forensic Entomology?
• Exploiting Insect Olfaction in Forensic Entomology
• Decomposition and Invertebrate Colonization of Cadavers in Coastal Marine Environments
• The Insects Colonisation of Buried Remains
• Forensic Implications of Myiasis
• Climate Change and Forensic Entomology
• Future Trends in Forensic Entomology.