From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology
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 e...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-766392024-03-29T08:01:11Z From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology Charabidze, Damien Martín-Vega, Daniel 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 bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology 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. 2022-01-11T13:37:44Z 2022-01-11T13:37:44Z 2021 book ONIX_20220111_9783036517087_374 9783036517087 9783036517070 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76639 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4086 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4086 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1707-0 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1707-0 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036517087 9783036517070 255 Basel, Switzerland open access |
| spellingShingle | 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 bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology |
| title | From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology |
| title_full | From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology |
| title_fullStr | From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology |
| title_short | From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology |
| title_sort | from laboratory studies to court evidence challenges in forensic entomology |
| topic | 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 bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology |
| topic_facet | 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 bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology |
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