Forensic Entomology: New Trends and Technologies: Insects and Death

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Current entomological techniques and procedures essential for crime and death scene investigations, including detailed discussions of decomposition analysis and the collection, preservation, and identification of insects and arthropod relatives. The role of Diptera and Coleoptera in investigations; keys for immature insect identification, the behaviour of post-feeding larval dispersal, and critical information for post mortem interval determination. Laboratory-based subjects include entomotoxicology, molecular techniques, DNA sequencing, and spatial modelling for the prediction of insect behaviour