Collecting and Preserving Entomological Evidence at a Death Scene - Webinar - January 18, 2023
SKU:
011823-CPEEDS
$79.00
$79.00
per item
Instructor: Dr. Teresa ‘Lilly’ White
Hours: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm MDT (2 hour lecture)
Registration : Once tuition has been paid, you will receive a registration link via email.
Payment: Please ensure that the student name(s) are entered in the shopping cart. If you are employed by an agency requesting to be invoiced for tuition or if you require assistance with registration, please contact Phil Sanfilippo at [email protected] or call 800-438-7884, ext. 1025.
Hours: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm MDT (2 hour lecture)
Registration : Once tuition has been paid, you will receive a registration link via email.
Payment: Please ensure that the student name(s) are entered in the shopping cart. If you are employed by an agency requesting to be invoiced for tuition or if you require assistance with registration, please contact Phil Sanfilippo at [email protected] or call 800-438-7884, ext. 1025.
Collecting and Preserving Entomological Evidence at a Death Scene
While conducting decomposition research to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) for my master’s degree, I included entomological activity and collection procedures as part of my data collection protocol. As a forensic anthropologist, I often encounter entomology on or near human remains, at a death scene. Why is it important for scene investigators to understand best practices and procedures for recognizing, documenting, collecting, preserving, storing, and shipping forensically significant entomological evidence?
According to Byrd et al (2010), “it is unlikely that a qualified forensic entomologist will actually be present on site for the collection and documentation activities. Therefore, it is essential that the crime scene analyst or medicolegal death investigator become well educated on the various aspects of entomological documentation and collection procedures. Properly trained death scene personnel can make entomological collections just as adequate as those of a forensic entomologist.”
Attendees of this 2-hour webinar should gain an understanding of how to promote common standards of practice in forensic entomology, and what to do if they encounter forensically significant entomology at a death scene.
Webinar topics include:
Part I: Forensic Entomology and Postmortem Interval (PMI) Estimations
Part II: Collecting and Preserving Entomological Evidence at a Scene
While conducting decomposition research to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) for my master’s degree, I included entomological activity and collection procedures as part of my data collection protocol. As a forensic anthropologist, I often encounter entomology on or near human remains, at a death scene. Why is it important for scene investigators to understand best practices and procedures for recognizing, documenting, collecting, preserving, storing, and shipping forensically significant entomological evidence?
According to Byrd et al (2010), “it is unlikely that a qualified forensic entomologist will actually be present on site for the collection and documentation activities. Therefore, it is essential that the crime scene analyst or medicolegal death investigator become well educated on the various aspects of entomological documentation and collection procedures. Properly trained death scene personnel can make entomological collections just as adequate as those of a forensic entomologist.”
Attendees of this 2-hour webinar should gain an understanding of how to promote common standards of practice in forensic entomology, and what to do if they encounter forensically significant entomology at a death scene.
Webinar topics include:
Part I: Forensic Entomology and Postmortem Interval (PMI) Estimations
- What is Forensic Entomology?
- Why is Forensic Entomological evidence important in criminal investigations?
Part II: Collecting and Preserving Entomological Evidence at a Scene
- Best practices and procedures for recognizing, documenting, collecting, preserving, packaging, and shipping forensically significant entomological evidence
- Proper chain of custody
Certification
This course is appropriate for CSI, law enforcement personnel, coroners/medicolegal death investigators, anthropologists, and other forensic specialists, and is considered at a basic to intermediate level.
This course has been submitted to the IAI Certification Boards for approval. Please see our IAI Certifications page for more information.
This course is appropriate for CSI, law enforcement personnel, coroners/medicolegal death investigators, anthropologists, and other forensic specialists, and is considered at a basic to intermediate level.
This course has been submitted to the IAI Certification Boards for approval. Please see our IAI Certifications page for more information.