Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Amendt, Jens
• Campobasso, Carlo P
• Gaudry, Emmanuel
• Reiter, Christian
• LeBlanc, Hélène N
• Hall, Martin J R

Titel

Best practice in forensic entomology--standards and guidelines

Ist Teil von

• International journal of legal medicine, 2007-03, Vol.121 (2), p.90-104

Ort / Verlag

Germany: Springer Nature B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Forensic entomology, the use of insects and other arthropods in forensic investigations, is becoming increasingly more important in such investigations. To ensure its optimal use by a diverse group of professionals including pathologists, entomologists and police officers, a common frame of guidelines and standards is essential. Therefore, the European Association for Forensic Entomology has developed a protocol document for best practice in forensic entomology, which includes an overview of equipment used for collection of entomological evidence and a detailed description of the methods applied. Together with the definitions of key terms and a short introduction to the most important methods for the estimation of the minimum postmortem interval, the present paper aims to encourage a high level of competency in the field of forensic entomology.