Development and Identification of Corpse-Associated Calliphoridae: Consequences for Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval in Medico-Legal Investigations - Softcover

Reibe, Saskia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838122313 ISBN 13: 9783838122311

Publisher: Suedwestdeutscher Verlag fuer Hochschulschriften, 2011

Synopsis

Forensic entomology is the application of entomological knowledge in processing forensic cases involving arthropod infested corpses. The question arising most frequently concerns the estimation of a post-mortem interval (PMI). This endeavour can be approached in two different ways. Firstly, the succession of insect colonization can give reasonable evidence about the time interval of a decomposition period. Secondly, the age of the most developed blow fly larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) can indicate a minimum post-mortem interval since blow flies are usually the first colonizers on carcass. To calculate the age of blow fly larvae developing on a corpse, their developmental progress has to be determined as accurately as possible. Development is strictly temperature dependent, therefore, combining the developmental progress and the temperature influencing it, the developmental time of the larvae can be calculated. This book discusses several aspects of forensic entomology: Development, ecology and molecular species identification of Calliphoridae and the consequences for estimating the PMI related to situatial conditions in Germany.

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About the Author

Saskia Reibe was born in Cologne in 1981 and studied Biology at the University of Cologne. In 2006 she started her Phd at the University of Bonn and finished her studies in forensic entomology in 2010. She worked for Benecke International Forensic Research and Consulting for several years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Suedwestdeutscher Verlag fuer Hochschulschriften
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838122313
• ISBN 13: 9783838122311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148