1. Forensic Entomology
Scott Barry
Criminal Justice P.M
23 May 2005

2. Qualifications To Be A Forensic Entomologist
Permanent resident of the United States, Canada, or their territories
Have to have a doctoral degree in Anthropology with emphasis in Physical Anthropology
3 years of full-time professional experience

3. What They Do
They obtain an adequate sample of appropriate arthropod specimens
Main job is to accurately identify arthropods
Use three subfields (Urban, Stored Product, and mediocolegal)
Use succession, larval length, and accumulated degree hour technique

4. How Specimens Help Can look at specimen and tell where it came from
Used for postmortem interval
Can determine if the body was moved after death

5. How Specimens Help (Continued)
Can be used to determine abuse or rape
When a bug feeds on the body, DNA can be recovered from its digestive tract
Bugs can quickly skeletonize the corpse

6. Bibliography http://www.bugmannovels.com/Forensic _Entomology.htm
utfe.htm
forsci.htm