Forensic Entomology - International Dimensions and Frontiers

Forensic Entomology: International Dimensions and Frontiers
Jeffery Keith Tomberlin & M. Eric Benbow
1st edition
468 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1466572409
ISBN-10: 146657240X

The use of forensic entomology has become established as a global science. Recent efforts in the field bridge multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, microbiology, chemistry, genetics, and systematics as well as ecology and evolution. The first book of its kind, Forensic Entomology: International Dimensions and Frontiers provides an inclusive summary of worldwide research on this body of knowledge that integrates aspects of a wide range of scientific realms.

The book first reviews the history of forensic entomology, its accomplishments, and future challenges in nations around the world. It then provides perspectives of other scientific disciplines that are shaping the questions being addressed in the field. With an emphasis on medicolegal investigations, the book:
- Provides countrywide and regionally relevant syntheses on the current state and future of forensic entomology worldwide
- Presents insight from up-and-coming entomologists who offer new perspectives on the field while acknowledging their predecessors’ contributions and foundational work
- Highlights both established and newly emerging areas of forensic entomology research that provide the foundation and future of this exciting discipline
- Discusses the success of forensic entomology and identifies key challenges to current work and practice
- Supplies an internationally cohesive perspective to emerging multidisciplinary dimensions and frontiers of forensic entomology


Table of Contents

Part I: History, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Forensic Entomology in Australasia
Chapter 1 
Introduction to Asian and Australasian Chapters
Chapter 2 China
Chapter 3
 Malaysia
Chapter 4
 Thailand
Chapter 5
 India
Chapter 6
 Australia and New Zealand

Part II: History, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Forensic Entomology in Europe
Chapter 7 
Introduction to European Chapters
Chapter 8
 Poland
Chapter 9
 United Kingdom
Chapter 10 
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Chapter 11
 Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark
Chapter 12 France
Chapter 13 Austria, Switzerland, and Germany
Chapter 14 
Italy
Chapter 15 Spain

Part III: History, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Forensic Entomology in Africa
Chapter 16 Africa

Part IV: History, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Forensic Entomology in the Americas
Chapter 17 
South America
Chapter 18 
North America

Part V: Dimensions and Frontiers of Forensic Entomology
Chapter 19
 Experimental Design, Inferential Statistics, and Computer Modeling
Chapter 20
 Bayesian Statistics and Predictive Modeling
Chapter 21 
Forensic and Decomposition Microbiology
Chapter 22
 Methodologies in Forensic and Decomposition Microbiology
Chapter 23 
Applications of Soil Chemistry in Forensic Entomology
Chapter 24
 Molecular Biology in Forensic Entomology
Chapter 25 
Engineering and Forensic Entomology
Chapter 26
 Behavioral Ecology and Forensic Entomology
Chapter 27
 Community Ecology
Chapter 28
 Surface Hydrocarbons as min-PMI Indicators Fit for Purpose?
Chapter 29
 Standard Practices
Chapter 30 
International Collaborations and Training
Chapter 31
 Current Global Trends and Frontiers