| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 249 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY: An Introduction; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The scope of forensic entomology; 1.1 Forensic entomology in urban contexts; 1.2 Stored product infestation and forensic entomology; 1.3 Forensic entomology in the medico-legal context; 1.4 The history of forensic entomology; 1.5 Professional associations for forensic entomologists; 1.6 The UK regulator for forensic science; 1.7 Web addresses of relevant organisations; 2 Forensic entomology, DNA and entomotoxicology; 2.1 Preparation of specimens for molecular analysis |
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2.2 Methods of analysis and sources of information2.3 Alternative methods; 2.4 Validity of methodologies; 2.5 The use of other molecular means of insect species determination; 2.6 Insects and entomotoxicology; 2.7 Forensic applications of arthropod behaviour for chemical analysis; 3 Insects and decomposition; 3.1 Indicators of 'time of death'; 3.2 Stages of decomposition of a body; 3.3 Volatiles released from the body during decomposition; 3.4 Decomposition in specific circumstances; 4 Identifying flies that are important in forensic entomology; 4.1 What is a fly and how do I spot one? |
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4.2 The fly lifecycle; 4.3 Forensically important families of flies; 4.4 Members of other orders that have forensic relevance in aquatic cases; 4.5 Review technique: larval spiracles or mouthparts -- preparation of whole slide mounts; 5 Key for the identification of European and Mediterranean blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of medical and veterinary importance -- adult flies; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Key; 6 Identifying beetles that are important in forensic entomology; 6.1 What do beetles look like?; 6.2 The life stages of the beetles; 6.3 Selected forensically relevant families of beetles |
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6.4 Features used in identifying forensically important beetle families6.5 Identification of beetle families using DNA; 6.6 Key to selected forensically relevant families in the order Coleoptera; 7 Sampling at the crime scene; 7.1 Entomological equipment to sample from a corpse; 7.2 Catching adult flying insects at the crime scene; 7.3 The sampling strategy for the body; 7.4 Sampling at aquatic crime scenes; 7.5 Obtaining meteorological data at the crime scene; 8 Rearing insects and other laboratory investigations; 8.1 Transporting entomological evidence to the laboratory |
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8.2 Laboratory conditions for fly rearing; 8.3 Methods of maintaining and rearing insects -- terrestrial species; 8.4 Dietary requirements of insects reared in the laboratory; 8.5 Beetle rearing in the laboratory; 8.6 Methods of maintaining aquatic species; 9 Calculating the post mortem interval; 9.1 Working out the base temperature; 9.2 Accumulated degree data; 9.3 Calculation of accumulated degree hours (or days) from crime-scene data; 9.4 Sources of error; 9.5 Use of larval growth in length to determine post mortem interval (isomegalen diagrams and isomorphen diagrams) |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
9.6 Calculating the post mortem interval using succession |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forensic entomology.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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Forensic entomology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119945437 |
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1119945437 |
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0470689021 |
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9780470689028 |
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9781280598326 |
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1280598328 |
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