2000-09 Mark Benecke: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations

 

  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

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