04513nam 2201261z- 450 991067405610332120231214133527.0(CKB)5400000000042657(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76639(EXLCZ)99540000000004265720202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic EntomologyBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 electronic resource (255 p.)3-0365-1708-1 3-0365-1707-3 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 brought forensic entomology to light. However, the show also cruelly pointed out its limits: After the team leader explained to his colleague how insects can help determine the time of death, the team leader added "You've still got to convince a jury", to which the colleague promptly responded "On guns. It's got to be better than bugs. Less Latin." Indeed, several factors—including complexity, inherent limitations, and the rapid evolution of scientific knowledge—explain the slow acceptance of insect-based evidence. In this context, this Special Issue focuses on the articulation between laboratory studies and casework, a major challenge for the future of forensic entomology.From Laboratory Studies to Court EvidencePsychologybicsscDipteraidentificationforensic entomologyfunerary archaeoentomologycrime sceneautopsycooling periodentomological evidenceexpertisecaseworkcourtcriminal justice systemsexpert witnessinsect evidenceresearchpostmortem intervaldevelopmentsuccessionspecies identificationanimal carcasscadaverdecaying substrateinsect successionsuccessional studiesvertebrate decompositionanimal carcassesbait attractionADDTBSPMIcolonisationtemperaturemedico-legal entomologytime of colonizationaccumulated degree day estimateslength-weight estimatesspecies interactionsCalliphoridaelegislationexpert witness statementcriterialimitationsthanatologyconfessionpost-mortem intervalcarrionlarvafirst recordbarcoding DNAintegrative taxonomyarthropodsburialdecayinsectspigbiological variationdeath time estimationalternative storagecarrion insectsvalidationminimum postmortem interval (PMI-min)rearingcalliphoridaeLucilia sericataclimate changeglobal warmingFanniidaelarval morphologyhuman cadaverForensic EntomologySpainexperimental studiescasescold caseshair evidencePsychologyCharabidze Damienedt1337681Martín-Vega DanieledtCharabidze DamienothMartín-Vega DanielothBOOK9910674056103321From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology3057214UNINA