1. General entomology and insect biology / James L. Castner -- 2. Insects of forensic importance / Jason H. Byrd and James L. Castner -- 3. Collection of entomological evidence during legal investigations / Jason H. Byrd ... [et al.] -- 4. Laboratory rearing of forensic insects / Jason H. Byrd and Jeffery K. Tomberlin -- 5. Factors that influence insect succession on carrion / Gail S. Anderson -- 6. Insect succession in a natural environment / K. Lane Tabor Kreitlow -- 7. The role of aquatic insects in forensic investigations / Richard W. Merritt and John R. Wallace -- 8. Recovery of anthropological, botanical, and entomological evidence from buried bodies and surface scatter / Heather A . Walsh-Haney, Alison Galloway, and Jason H. Byrd -- 9. Estimating the postmortem interval / Jeffrey D. Wells and Lynn R. LaMotte -- 10. Insect development and forensic entomology / Leon G. Higley and Neal H. Haskell -- 11. The soil environment and forensic entomology / Shari L. Forbes and Ian Dadour -- 12. Entomotoxicology : insects as toxicological indicators and the impact of drugs and toxins on insect development / M. L. Goff and Wayne D. Lord -- 13. Molecular methods for forensic entomology / Jeffrey D. Wells and Jamie R. Stevens --