FREE online courses on the Basics to Forensic Entomology - Analyzing the
crime scene - Do you wonder what Forensic Entomology is all about
Forensic entomology can be said to be the application of
the study of insects and other arthropods to legal issues. It can be divided in
three subfields: urban, stored-product and medico legal. It is the medico legal
aspect that I will discuss in this online course.
Medico legal forensic entomology includes arthropod
involvement in events such as murder, suicide and rape, but also includes
physical abuse and contraband trafficking.
Since the earth is a predominantly arthropod world, it is not
uncommon that we mere humans come in contact with these creatures. They make the
world go round, as they pollinate, eat other arthropods, eat living plants and
trees, dead plants and trees, living vertebrates, dead vertebrates and
vertebrate dung and urine and a lot of other things.
Do you want to know what goes on at the scene of the crime?
What to look for, how to collect and such things? Say no more, read on.
