Forensic entomology : the utility of arthropods in legal investigations / edited by Jason H. Byrd, James L. Castner
Imprint
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2001
Descript
xvii, 418 p., [48] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
General entomology and arthropod biology -- Insects of forensic importance -- Collection of entomological evidence during death investigations -- Laboratory rearing of forensic insects -- Insect succession on carrion and its relationship to determining time of death -- The role of aquatic insects in forensic investigations -- Recovering buried bodies and surface scatter: the associated anthropological, botanical, and entomological evidence -- Estimating the postmortem interval -- Insect development and forensic entomology -- Computer modeling of insect growth and its application to forensic entomology -- Entomotoxicology: insects as toxicological indicators and the inpact of drugs and toxins on insect development -- DNA techniques for forensic entomology -- Entomological alteration of bloodstain evidence -- The forensic entomologist as expert witness