Mark Benecke and Jeff D. Wells in
Entomological Evidence:
The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations
CRC Press, September 2000. Sold at every bookseller (ISBN 0849381207). Also available at
The German National Library for Medicine
under the signature 2000 A 4629 or at the Subito system.
Preface
Entomology and the Forensic Science Team
William M. Bass, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Current Perceptions and Status of Forensic Entomology
Robert D. Hall, Ph.D, J.D.
Department of Entomology
1-87 Agr Building
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Chapter 2
General Entomology and Basic Arthropod Biology
James L. Castner, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas 66762
Chapter 3
Entomotoxicology
Wayne D. Lord, Ph.D.
Supervisory Special Agent
Forensic Science Research and Training Center,
Laboratory Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI Academy
Quantico,VA
and M. L. Goff, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology
3050 Maile Way
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI. 96822
Chapter 4
Estimating the Postmortem Interval Jeffrey D. Wells, Ph.D.
Insect Molecular Systematics Laboratory
Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management
Division of Insect Biology
201 Wellman Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3112 Chapter 5
Forensic Insect Identification
Jason H. Byrd, Ph.D.Department of Entomology and Nematology
PO Box 110620, Bldg. 970 Hull Rd.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
and James L. Castner
Department of Biology
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas 66762
Chapter 6
Protocol for Collecting Entomological Evidence in Legal Investigations
Neal H. Haskell, Ph.D.
425 Kannal Ave.
Rensselaer, Indiana. 47978
and Wayne D. Lord, Ph.D.
Supervisory Special Agent
Forensic Science Research and Training Center,
Laboratory Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quantico,VA Chapter 7
The Role of Aquatic Insects in Forensic Investigations Richard W. Merritt, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
and John R. Wallace, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, IN. 46556
Chapter 8
Laboratory Rearing of Forensically Important Insects
Jason H. Byrd, Ph.D. Department of Entomology and Nematology
PO Box 110620, Bldg. 970 Hull Rd.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Chapter 9
The Forensic Entomologist as Expert Witness: Law
Ethics and the Adversarial Process Robert D. Hall, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology
1-87 Agr Building
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Chapter 10
Necrophilous Insects in Specialized
Habitats
C. Lamar Meek, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA. 70803
Chapter 11
Statistical Certainty in Entomologically-based Postmortem Interval Determination Lynn LaMott, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Statistics
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5606
Chapter 12
DNA Techniques for Forensically Important Insects Mark Benecke, Ph.D.
University of Cologne
Zoology Dept.
50923 Köln, Germany
and Jeff D. Wells, Ph.D.
Department of Justice Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
901 S. 15th Street
Birmingham, AL
35294-2060, USA
Chapter 13
The Accumulated Degree Hour Approach for Postmortem Interval Estimations
Neal H. Haskell, Ph.D.
425 Kannal Ave.
Rensselaer, Indiana. 47978
Chapter 14
Examination of Buried Remains for Entomological Evidence Anthony Falsetti, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
C. A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory
PO Box 112545
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL. 32611 and Jason H. Byrd, Ph.D.Department of
Entomology and Nematology
PO Box 110620, Bldg. 970 Hull Rd.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Chapter 15
Delays in Insect Colonization and Altered Succession Dr. Gail S. Anderson, Ph.D.
School of Criminology
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C.
V5A 1S6
Canada