Forensic entomology : the utility of arthropods in legal investigations / edited by Jason H. Byrd & James L. Castner.

Other author Byrd, Jason H.
Other author Castner, James L.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoBoca Raton : CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, ©2010.
Descriptionxxiii, 681 pages : illustrations (mostly color), map, 2 portraits ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Forensic entomology.
Arthropoda--Miscellanea.
Postmortem changes.
Death--Time of.

Contents General entomology and insect biology / James L. Castner -- Insects of forensic importance / Jason H. Byrd, James L. Castner -- Collection of entomological evidence during legal investigations / Jason H. Byrd...[et al.] -- Laboratory rearing of forensic insects / Jason H. Byrd, Jeffery K. Tomberlin -- Factors that influence insect succession on carrion / Gail S. Anderson -- Insect succession in a natural environment / K. Lane Tabor Kreitlow -- The role of aquatic insects in forensic investigations / Richard W. Merritt, John R. Wallace -- Recovery of anthropological, botanical, and entomological evidence from buried bodies and surface scatter / Heather A. Walsh-Haney, Alison Galloway, Jason H. Byrd -- Estimating the postmortem interval / Jeffrey D. Wells, Lynn R. LaMotte -- Insect development and forensic entomology / Leon G. Higley, Neal H. Haskell -- The soil environment and forensic entomology / Shari L. Forbes, Ian Dadour -- Entomotoxicology: insects as toxicological indicators and the impact of drugs and toxins on insect development / M. L. Goff, Wayne D. Lord -- Molecular methods for forensic entomology / Jeffrey D. Wells, Jamie R. Stevens -- The forensic entomologist as expert witness / Robert D. Hall -- Livestock entomology / Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Justin Talley -- Ecological theory and its application in forensic entomology / Sherah L. VanLaerhoven -- Forensic meteorology: the application of weather and climate / John R. Scala, John R. Wallace -- Entomological alteration of bloodstain evidence / M. Anderson Parker...[et al.] -- Keys to the blow fly species (diptera calliphoridae ) of America, north of Mexico / Terry Withworth -- Cases of neglect involving entomological evidence / Mark Benecke -- Acarolgoy in criminal investigations: the human acarofauna during life and death / M. Alejandra Perotti, Henk R. Braig.
Abstract Providing information and instructions on what to search for when recovering entomological evidence and how to handle items found at a crime scene, Forensic Entomology presents the basics on insects of forensic importance as well as the principles of using insects to determine the time of death. --from publisher description
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008035462
ISBN9780849392153 (alk. paper)
ISBN0849392152 (alk. paper)

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