TY - BOOK ID - 135871173 TI - From Laboratory Studies to Court Evidence: Challenges in Forensic Entomology AU - Charabidze, Damien AU - Martín-Vega, Daniel PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Diptera KW - identification KW - forensic entomology KW - funerary archaeoentomology KW - crime scene KW - autopsy KW - cooling period KW - entomological evidence KW - expertise KW - casework KW - court KW - criminal justice systems KW - expert witness KW - insect evidence KW - research KW - postmortem interval KW - development KW - succession KW - species identification KW - animal carcass KW - cadaver KW - decaying substrate KW - insect succession KW - successional studies KW - vertebrate decomposition KW - animal carcasses KW - bait attraction KW - ADD KW - TBS KW - PMI KW - colonisation KW - temperature KW - medico-legal entomology KW - time of colonization KW - accumulated degree day estimates KW - length-weight estimates KW - species interactions KW - Calliphoridae KW - legislation KW - expert witness statement KW - criteria KW - limitations KW - thanatology KW - confession KW - post-mortem interval KW - carrion KW - larva KW - first record KW - barcoding DNA KW - integrative taxonomy KW - arthropods KW - burial KW - decay KW - insects KW - pig KW - biological variation KW - death time estimation KW - alternative storage KW - carrion insects KW - validation KW - minimum postmortem interval (PMI-min) KW - rearing KW - calliphoridae KW - Lucilia sericata KW - climate change KW - global warming KW - Fanniidae KW - larval morphology KW - human cadaver KW - Forensic Entomology KW - Spain KW - experimental studies KW - cases KW - cold cases KW - hair evidence KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135871173 AB - In 2001, Benecke concluded a review on the history of forensic entomology with these optimistic words: "basic research and advanced application of forensic entomology (…) has opened the way to routine casework". At the same time, the TV show Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) largely brought forensic entomology to light. However, the show also cruelly pointed out its limits: After the team leader explained to his colleague how insects can help determine the time of death, the team leader added "You've still got to convince a jury", to which the colleague promptly responded "On guns. It's got to be better than bugs. Less Latin." Indeed, several factors—including complexity, inherent limitations, and the rapid evolution of scientific knowledge—explain the slow acceptance of insect-based evidence. In this context, this Special Issue focuses on the articulation between laboratory studies and casework, a major challenge for the future of forensic entomology. ER -