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Forensic Entomology: An Introduction 2nd edition [Hardback]

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(University of Lincoln)
  • Formāts: Hardback, 272 pages, height x width x depth: 252x173x18 mm, weight: 590 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Mar-2012
  • Izdevniecība: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 0470689021
  • ISBN-13: 9780470689028
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 272 pages, height x width x depth: 252x173x18 mm, weight: 590 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Mar-2012
  • Izdevniecība: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 0470689021
  • ISBN-13: 9780470689028
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Forensic Entomology provides undergraduates with a concise introduction to the subject. The book is written with the clarity necessary for students starting out in entomology yet authoritative enough to prove useful for more experienced researchers.

Forensic Entomology provides undergraduates with a concise introduction to the subject. The book is written with the clarity necessary for students starting out in entomology yet authoritative enough to prove useful for more experienced researchers.

Worked examples of the necessary mathematics, including how to use excel to process data, coupled with lab protocols and self-assessment questions make the book an essential starting point in the subject.

Assuming little prior knowledge of either biology or entomology the book provides information on identification, life cycles and ecology of insects presented in a forensic context. Information is conveyed in an accessible style with practical tasks and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter.

  • Fully revised and updated to include new research in the field
  • New chapter on aquatic forensic entomology
  • New pictorial key to aid identification of species contributed by Dr. Krzysztof Szpila, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
  • Further coverage of civil applications of forensic entomology
  • Practical tasks and further reading included to aid understanding
  • Colour plate section and improved illustrations throughout to assist in the identification of insects associated with the corpse
  • Approaches the topic from the dual perspectives of basic entomology and its forensic applications
  • Covers the contributions to forensic investigations of both flies and beetles
  • Provides information on culturing insects collected from crime scenes
  • Guides students through the processes of writing entomological court reports and presenting in court alongside the scientific topics
  • Extended coverage of PMI calculations, role of professional associations for forensic entomologists and sampling at the crime scene
  • New sections to discuss the identification of traces of explosives found in larvae, puparia and pupae and DNA sampling from insects

Recenzijas

The clarity and accessibility of the text is more than adequately geared for undergraduate students, who will appreciate the practical tasks and perhaps even the suggested reading. . . The illustrations will fill in gaps for readers who are more interested in other branches of forensic science than in entomology, making this book a good fit for general forensic science degrees.  (African Entomology, 1 October 2013)

 

List of plates
ix
List of figures
xiii
List of tables
xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgements xxi
1 The scope of forensic entomology
1(11)
1.1 Forensic entomology in urban contexts
1(1)
1.2 Stored product infestation and forensic entomology
2(1)
1.3 Forensic entomology in the medico-legal context
3(3)
1.4 The history of forensic entomology
6(3)
1.5 Professional associations for forensic entomologists
9(1)
1.6 The UK regulator for forensic science
10(1)
1.7 Web addresses of relevant organisations
11(1)
2 Forensic entomology, DNA and entomotoxicology
12(17)
2.1 Preparation of specimens for molecular analysis
15(1)
2.2 Methods of analysis and sources of information
16(4)
2.3 Alternative methods
20(1)
2.4 Validity of methodologies
21(2)
2.5 The use of other molecular means of insect species determination
23(1)
2.6 Insects and entomotoxicology
24(3)
2.7 Forensic applications of arthropod behaviour for chemical analysis
27(2)
3 Insects and decomposition
29(13)
3.1 Indicators of `time of death'
29(1)
3.2 Stages of decomposition of a body
30(6)
3.3 Volatiles released from the body during decomposition
36(2)
3.4 Decomposition in specific circumstances
38(4)
4 Identifying flies that are important in forensic entomology
42(35)
4.1 What is a fly and how do I spot one?
48(5)
4.2 The fly lifecycle
53(7)
4.3 Forensically important families of flies
60(13)
4.4 Members of other orders that have forensic relevance in aquatic cases
73(2)
4.5 Review technique: larval spiracles or mouthparts - preparation of whole slide mounts
75(2)
5 Key for the identification of European and Mediterranean blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of medical and veterinary importance - adult flies
77(5)
5.1 Introduction
77(3)
5.2 Key
80(2)
6 Identifying beetles that are important in forensic entomology
82(19)
6.1 What do beetles look like?
82(5)
6.2 The life stages of the beetles
87(1)
6.3 Selected forensically relevant families of beetles
88(1)
6.4 Features used in identifying forensically important beetle families
89(8)
6.5 Identification of beetle families using DNA
97(1)
6.6 Key to selected forensically relevant families in the order Coleoptera
98(3)
7 Sampling at the crime scene
101(10)
7.1 Entomological equipment to sample from a corpse
101(3)
7.2 Catching adult flying insects at the crime scene
104(2)
7.3 The sampling strategy for the body
106(2)
7.4 Sampling at aquatic crime scenes
108(1)
7.5 Obtaining meteorological data at the crime scene
109(2)
8 Rearing insects and other laboratory investigations
111(10)
8.1 Transporting entomological evidence to the laboratory
111(1)
8.2 Laboratory conditions for fly rearing
112(1)
8.3 Methods of maintaining and rearing insects - terrestrial species
113(3)
8.4 Dietary requirements of insects reared in the laboratory
116(1)
8.5 Beetle rearing in the laboratory
117(2)
8.6 Methods of maintaining aquatic species
119(2)
9 Calculating the post mortem interval
121(18)
9.1 Working out the base temperature
123(1)
9.2 Accumulated degree data
124(3)
9.3 Calculation of accumulated degree hours (or days) from crime-scene data
127(1)
9.4 Sources of error
128(2)
9.5 Use of larval growth in length to determine post mortem interval (isomegalen diagrams and isomorphen diagrams)
130(2)
9.6 Calculating the post mortem interval using succession
132(5)
9.7 The effects of hymenopteran parasitoids on post mortem interval determination
137(1)
9.8 Review technique: interpretation of data from a crime scene case study
137(1)
9.9 Further reading
138(1)
10 Ecology of forensically important flies
139(17)
10.1 Ecological relationships of some forensically relevant families
140(4)
10.2 Specific family features
144(7)
10.3 Fly infestation of the living
151(3)
10.4 Flies influencing the crime scene
154(2)
11 The ecology of some forensically relevant beetles
156(13)
11.1 Ecology of carrion beetles (Silphidae)
157(2)
11.2 Ecology of skin, hide, and larder beetles (Dermestidae)
159(4)
11.3 Ecology of clown beetles (Histeridae)
163(1)
11.4 Ecology of chequered or bone beetles (Cleridae)
164(1)
11.5 Ecology of rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
165(1)
11.6 The ecology of dung beetles and related families
166(2)
11.7 Ecology of ground beetles (Carabidae)
168(1)
12 Investigations in an aquatic environment
169(15)
12.1 Decomposition and submergence in water
170(6)
12.2 The nature of the water bodies in which submergence may take place
176(3)
12.3 Methods of establishing time since corpse submergence - indicator species
179(3)
12.4 Attractants to the corpse
182(1)
12.5 Methods of culturing aquatic insects
182(1)
12.6 Algae an alternative source of determining time since submergence
182(2)
13 The forensic entomologist in court
184(17)
13.1 The expert's report
185(2)
13.2 The content of the expert's report
187(7)
13.3 The forensic expert in the courtroom
194(1)
13.4 Communicating entomological facts in court
195(1)
13.5 Physical evidence: its continuity and integrity
195(1)
13.6 The code of practice for experts
196(2)
13.7 Use of single joint experts
198(1)
13.8 Practical assignment - writing an expert report using the post mortem calculations generated from
Chapter 9
198(1)
13.9 Further reading on presentation in court
198(1)
13.10 Web site addresses
199(2)
Appendices 201(4)
Glossary 205(11)
References 216(25)
Index 241
Dr Dorothy Gennard is a principal lecturer in Forensic Science and co-ordinates the Forensic Entomology and Examination of Questioned Documents units. She is a member of the Royal Entomological Society and the World-Wide Dragonfly Association and a trustee of the British Dragonfly Society. Dr Gennard has close contact with the Lincolnshire Police Force and runs Forensic Entomology courses for the police and commercial forensic science companies.