From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology

• Autore: Charabidze Damien
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Psychology
• Soggetto non controllato: accumulated degree day estimates; ADD; alternative storage; animal carcass; animal carcasses; arthropods; autopsy; bait attraction; barcoding DNA; biological variation; burial; cadaver; calliphoridae; Calliphoridae; carrion; carrion insects; cases; casework; climate change; cold cases; colonisation; confession; cooling period; court; crime scene; criminal justice systems; criteria; death time estimation; decay; decaying substrate; development; Diptera; entomological evidence; experimental studies; expert witness; expert witness statement; expertise; Fanniidae; first record; forensic entomology; Forensic Entomology; funerary archaeoentomology; global warming; hair evidence; human cadaver; identification; insect evidence; insect succession; insects; integrative taxonomy; larva; larval morphology; legislation; length-weight estimates; limitations; Lucilia sericata; medico-legal entomology; minimum postmortem interval (PMI-min); n/a; pig; PMI; post-mortem interval; postmortem interval; rearing; research; Spain; species identification; species interactions; succession; successional studies; TBS; temperature; thanatology; time of colonization; validation; vertebrate decomposition
• Persona (resp. second.): Martín-VegaDaniel; CharabidzeDamien
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence
• Titolo autorizzato: From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910674056103321
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