Full Description
Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition continues in the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the single-most comprehensive book on Forensic Entomology currently available. It includes current, in-the-field best practices contributed by top professionals in the field who have advanced it through research and fieldwork over the last several decades.
The use of entomology in crime scene and forensic investigations has never been more prevalent or useful given the work that can be done with entomological evidence. The book recounts briefly the many documented historical applications of forensic entomology over several thousand years. Chapters examine the biological foundations of insect biology and scientific underpinnings of forensic entomology, the principles that govern utilizing insects in legal and criminal investigations. The field today is diverse, both in topics studied, researched and practiced, as is the field of professionals that has expanded throughout the world to become a vital forensic sub-discipline.
Forensic Entomology, Third Edition celebrates this diversity by including several new chapters by premier experts in the field that covers such emerging topics as wildlife forensic entomology, microbiomes, urban forensic entomology, and larval insect identification, many of which are covered in depth for the first time. The book will be an invaluable reference for investigators, legal professionals, researchers, practicing and aspiring forensic entomologists, and for the many students enrolled in forensic science and entomology university programs.
Contents
In Memoriam
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Editors
Contributors
Introduction: Current Perceptions and Status of Forensic Entomology
Chapter 1 General Entomology and Basic Arthropod Biology
Adrienne Brundage
Chapter 2 Insects of Forensic Importance
Jason H. Byrd and Jeffery K. Tomberlin
Chapter 3 Entomological Evidence Collections Methods: American Board of Forensic Entomology Approved Protocols
Michelle R. Sanford, Jason H. Byrd, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, and John R. Wallace
Chapter 4 Laboratory-Rearing of Forensic Insects
Jason H. Byrd and Jeffery K. Tomberlin
Chapter 5 Factors That Influence Insect Succession on Carrion
Gail S. Anderson
Chapter 6 Invertebrate Succession in Natural Terrestrial Environments
Philip S. Barton, Melanie S. Archer, Maria-Martina Quaggiotto, and James F. Wallman
Chapter 7 The Role of Aquatic Organisms in Forensic Investigations
John R. Wallace and Richard W. Merritt
Chapter 8 Recovering Buried Bodies and Surface Scatter: The Associated Anthropological, Botanical, and
Entomological Evidence
Heather A. Walsh-Haney, Alison Galloway, and Jason H. Byrd
Chapter 9 Estimating the Postmortem Interval
Jeffrey D. Wells and Lynn R. LaMotte
Chapter 10 Insect Development as It Relates to Forensic Entomology
Aaron M. Tarone and Joshua B. Benoit
Chapter 11 Molecular Genetic Methods for Forensic Entomology
Jamie R. Stevens, Christine J. Picard, and Jeffrey D. Wells
Chapter 12 The Soil Environment and Forensic Entomology
Sasha C. Voss, Shari L. Forbes, and Ian R. Dadour
Chapter 13 Advances in Entomotoxicology: Weaknesses and Strengths
Carlo P. Campobasso, Valentina Bugelli, Anna Carfora, Renata Borriello, and Martin Villet
Chapter 14 Is PMI the Hypothesis or the Null Hypothesis?
Michelle R. Sanford and Aaron M. Tarone
Chapter 15 The Forensic Entomologist as Expert Witness
Robert D. Hall
Chapter 16 Livestock Entomology
Justin Talley and Erika Machtinger
Chapter 17 Ecological Theory of Community Assembly and Its Application in Forensic Entomology
Sherah L. VanLaerhoven
Chapter 18 Forensic Meteorology: The Science of Applying Weather Observations to Civil and Criminal Litigation
John R. Scala and John R. Wallace
Chapter 19 Entomological Alteration of Bloodstain Evidence
M. Anderson Parker, Stacey L. Sneider, Shayne A. Smithey, Mark Benecke, and Jason H. Byrd
Chapter 20 Keys to the Genera and Species of Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America, North of Mexico
Terry Whitworth
Chapter 21 The Use of Entomological Evidence in Analyzing Cases of Neglect and Abuse in Humans and Animals
Gail S. Anderson
Chapter 22 Acarology in Crimino-Legal Investigations: The Human Acarofauna During Life and Death
M. Alejandra Perotti and Henk R. Braig
Chapter 23 Wildlife Forensic Entomology
Gail S. Anderson and Jason H. Byrd
Chapter 24 The Role of Decomposition Volatile Organic Compounds in Chemical Ecology
Hélène N. LeBlanc, Katelynn A. Perrault, and Julie Ly
Chapter 25 Forensic Entomology and the Microbiome
M. Eric Benbow and Jennifer L. Pechal
Chapter 26 Urban Entomology
Robert T. Puckett and Jeffery K. Tomberlin
Chapter 27 Larvae of the North American Calyptratae Flies of Forensic Importance
Krzysztof Szpila and Andrzej Grzywacz
Chapter 28 The Professional History of Forensic Entomology
M. Denise Gemmellaro and Lauren M. Weidner
Chapter 29 Practical Considerations for Teaching Forensic Entomology
Elizabeth Butin, David Rivers, and John R. Wallace
