Foreword; Preface; The Editors; Table of Contents; Introduction: Perceptions and Status of Forensic Entomology; 1. General Entomology and Arthropod Biology; 2. Insects of Forensic Importance; 3. Collection of Entomological Evidence during Death Investigations; 4. Laboratory Rearing of Forensic Insects; 5. Insect Succession on Carrion and Its Relationship to Determining Time of Death; 6. The Role of Aquatic Insects in Forensic Investigations; 7. Recovering Buried Bodies and Surface Scatter: The Associated Anthropological, Botanical, and Entomological Evidence
Summary
Insects found at a death scene can provide corroborating evidence regarding both the time and place of death as well as possible antimortem and postmortem treatment of the victim. This book instructs individuals without a background in entomology on what to search for when recovering evidence
