Table of Content
Introduction: Perceptions and Status of Forensic Entomology, Robert D. Hall and Timothy E. Huntington General Entomology and Insect Biology, James L. Castner Insects of Forensic Importance, Jason H. Byrd and James L. Castner Collection of Entomological Evidence during Legal Investigations, Jason H. Byrd , Wayne D. Lord, John R. Wallace , and Jeffery K. Tomberlin, and Neal H. Haskell Laboratory Rearing of Forensic Insects, Jason H. Byrd and Jeffery K. Tomberlin Factors That Influence Insect Succession on Carrion, Gail S. Anderson Insect Succession in a Natural Environment, K. Lane Tabor Kreitlow The Role of Aquatic Insects in Forensic Investigations, Richard W. Merritt and John R. Wallace Recovery of Anthropological, Botanical, and Entomological Evidence from Buried Bodies and Surface Scatter, Heather A . Walsh-Haney, Alison Galloway, and Jason H. Byrd Estimating the Postmortem Interval, Jeffrey D. Wells and Lynn R. LaMotte Insect Development and Forensic Entomology, Leon G. Higley and Neal H. Haskell The Soil Environment and Forensic Entomology, Shari L. Forbes and Ian Dadour Entomotoxicology: Insects as Toxicological Indicators and the Impact of Drugs and Toxins on Insect Development, M. L. Goff and Wayne D. Lord Molecular Methods for Forensic Entomology, Jeffrey D. Wells and Jamie R. Stevens The Forensic Entomologist as Expert Witness, Robert D. Hall Livestock Entomology, Jeffery K. Tomberlin and Justin Talley Ecological Theory and Its Application in Forensic Entomology, Sherah L. VanLaerh oven Forensic Meteorology: The Application of Weather and Climate, John R. Scala and John R. Wallace Entomological Alteration of Bloodstain Evidence, M. Anderson Parker , Mark Benecke, Jason H. Byrd, Roger Hawke s, and Rosemary Brown Keys to the Blow Fly Species (Diptera Calliphoridae) of America, North of Mexico, Terry Whitworth Cases of Neglect Involving Entomological Evidence, Mark Benecke Acarology in Criminolegal Investigations: The Human Acarofauna during Life and Death, M. Alejandra Perotti and Henk R. Braig Index