Meeting of the International Academy of Forensic Sciences in Montpellier, France.
Read MoreThe Great Maggot Detective/The Death Detective
Most sleuths are too squeamish to examine the tiny creatures that infest murder scenes. And that´s where Dr Mark Benecke comes in.
Read MoreFlies and ants: A forensic entomological neglect case of an elderly man in Calabria, Southern Italy
This is a case of an 80-year-old man who was neglected for one to two weeks in Calabria (Italy). Different flies and ant lesions were present.
Key Words: neglect of the elderly, forensic entomology, ants, ant lesions, Diptera.
Read MoreForensic Entomology at Insect Week Special (Linnean Society / Royal Entomological Society) 2021
»Can crime scene insects tell us if a victim was poisoned or if the body was moved? Come investigate with forensic expert Dr Mark Benecke at INSECT WEEK SPECIAL EVENT, ONLINE, 22 JUNE 2021
Read MoreForensic Entomology: Interview with Lee Goff
Interview with Lee Goff
Read MoreMark Benecke's Forensic Entomology Special Issue Forensic Science International
An international journal dedicated to the applications of medicine and science in the administration of justice
Dermestes frischii and D. undulatus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) on a Human Corpse in Southern Italy
Dermestidae and other necrophagous beetles may aid in the estimation of post-mortem interval, especially in situations where decompostionen is advanced and therefore, insect succession patterns are the best method available.
Read MoreForensic Entomology exemplified by a high profile homicide. A combined stain and postmortem time analysis (postmortem interval, PMI))
The combined analysis of both ant and blow fly evidence recovered from a corpse, and from the boot of a suspect, suggested that an assumed scenario in a high profile murder case was likely to be true.
Read MoreAggrawals Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
I regard forensic entomology as applied science. The estimates we generate are based on results of carefully conducted experiments and field observations. T
Read MoreUrsprünge der modern angewandten rechtsmedizinisch- kriminalistischen Gliedertierkunde bis zur Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert
In this complete documentation of the early published and unpublished reports of the medico-legal use of arthropods (Forensic Entomology) we give an overview over the initial work of the forensic scientists MÉGNIN, REINHARD and HOFMANN who were the founders of the discipline (since 1881), and the work performed shortly after which was influenced by them.
Read More"I don't know" can be the best answer
Interview with Lee Goff
Read MoreGoff Benecke A Fly for the Prosecution
The more pressure is put on scientists to publish in scientific journals, or else to perish, the less likely it gets that an excellent popular science book like A Fly for the Prosecution is written. Being one of the old masters of forensic entomology -- that is, the science of determining post mortem intervals, and many other issues related to mostly violent death --, Lee Goff leads us through his exciting and at the same time entertaining world that strongly depends on silent crime scene assistants: maggots, adult flies and beetles, and once in a while a grasshopper, too. Many of these animals are attracted to decomposing body tissue. Their growth rate, and their succession are predictable, and can therfore be used to estimate the time when they started to feed on a corpse, or the time they got attracted to the body for other reasons like predating maggots, or building breeding chambers.
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