From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology

• Daljnji autori: Charabidze, Damien (Urednik), Martín-Vega, Daniel (Urednik)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Teme: Psychology; Diptera; identification; forensic entomology; funerary archaeoentomology; crime scene; autopsy; cooling period; entomological evidence; expertise; casework; court; criminal justice systems; expert witness; insect evidence; research; postmortem interval; development; succession; species identification; animal carcass; cadaver; decaying substrate; insect succession; successional studies; vertebrate decomposition; animal carcasses; bait attraction; ADD; TBS; PMI; colonisation; temperature; medico-legal entomology; time of colonization; accumulated degree day estimates; length-weight estimates; species interactions; Calliphoridae; legislation; expert witness statement; criteria; limitations; thanatology; confession; post-mortem interval; carrion; larva; first record; barcoding DNA; integrative taxonomy; arthropods; burial; decay; insects; pig; biological variation; death time estimation; alternative storage; carrion insects; validation; minimum postmortem interval (PMI-min); rearing; calliphoridae; Lucilia sericata; climate change; global warming; Fanniidae; larval morphology; human cadaver; Forensic Entomology; Spain; experimental studies; cases; cold cases; hair evidence; n/a
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In 2001, Benecke concluded a review on the history of forensic entomology with these optimistic words: "basic research and advanced application of forensic entomology (...) has opened the way to routine casework". At the same time, the TV show Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) largely brough...