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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0674007271
- EAN
- 9780674007277
- Binding
- TP
- Book Title
- Fly for the Prosecution : How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Law, Science
- Topic
- Forensic Science, Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674007271
ISBN-13
9780674007277
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1917121
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fly for the Prosecution : How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Forensic Science, Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
There are actually people who use their vast knowledge of creepy crawlers to help police and other law enforcement agencies solve crimes! A fascinating book written by M. Lee Goff will give you plenty of information--maybe more than you want to know., Anyone interested in forensics will want to read [A Fly for the Prosecution]. Author M. Lee Goff has pioneered the use of entomology to assist in solving crimes. [His] book is easy to read and free of technical jargon...This is a great book for everyone to read. I recommend it especially to the professional entomologist and to anyone who uses insects in the classroom or who has an interest in forensics., Anyone interested in forensics will want to read [ A Fly for the Prosecution ]. Author M. Lee Goff has pioneered the use of entomology to assist in solving crimes. [His] book is easy to read and free of technical jargon...This is a great book for everyone to read. I recommend it especially to the professional entomologist and to anyone who uses insects in the classroom or who has an interest in forensics., [This] book is witty, well-written, scientifically lucid, and packed with case histories, amusing anecdotes, and practical information. Anyone with a genuine interest in the subject--whether professional or general--can hardly fail to be impressed and enlightened., [Goff] is both well-versed on the topic and adept at presenting his findings…In sometimes gory but always riveting detail, Goff tells how maggots, flies, and beetles feasting on dead bodies can help forensic entomologists., I planned to leaf through the book, then read it in earnest the next day. But the opening paragraph grabbed me: 'It was a perfect morning for shoreline fishing and throwing nets for crabs. The sun was shining brightly and the air was perfumed with the scent of plumeria when three fishermen set off for Pearl Harbor...Peering over the fence in the direction of the stench, one spotted a dead body lying on its back.' Goff had me hooked., [Goff] is both well-versed on the topic and adept at presenting his findings'e¦In sometimes gory but always riveting detail, Goff tells how maggots, flies, and beetles feasting on dead bodies can help forensic entomologists., Despite the disturbing subject of this book, Goff...does an excellent job of clearly presenting the historical development and the scientific basis for the practice of forensic entomology., [Goff] is both well-versed on the topic and adept at presenting his findings...In sometimes gory but always riveting detail, Goff tells how maggots, flies, and beetles feasting on dead bodies can help forensic entomologists., Although forensic entomology has a certain fascination for the public, any forensic pathologist will tell you that it is much more entertaining to read about cases than to collect live arthropods from decaying human corpses. This is where Goff's book comes in--[it's a] colourful collection of forensic entomology research and cases (mostly in his own Hawaii), along with personal thoughts about how to deal with violent death and decay., Dr. Goff's incisive, detailed and often humorous description of forensic entomology will be a popular addition to any library...Dr. Goff describes in great detail the use of insects in criminal investigations, liberally illustrating his information with detailed case histories. He clearly illustrates how insects are used in death investigations, to determine time of death, as well as aiding in many other facets of the investigations., Goff takes you into the world of the forensic entomologists: the intrepid band of insect experts around the world who turn their intimate knowledge of creepy crawlers to the service of police work...A fascinating read...Great, gory stuff. Goff seems like just the sort of gifted storyteller you'd want to have a drink with--but, perhaps, not dinner., Overall, Goff has written a good book about a fascinating and fairly new subject. Especially for crime buffs and science buffs, this book is quite engrossing--as long as you aren't grossed out by a few flies, maggots, beetles and other crawling critters., Seductive...Goff is a forensic entomologist, and he tells the story of what exactly that means and of how his field (which hardly existed before 1980) came to take a respected place in death investigations. Along the way, he provides a small hive of entomological tales...Goff, a marvelously vivid and clear explainer of his science...uses plenty of true-life (or rather true-death) cases to show how it's done. The tales can be riveting., A dead body is fertile ground for distinct waves of insect populations to inhabit...The succession of insect occupation of the body gives important clues to the post-mortem interval, and acts as a forensic clock which can provide often incriminating evidence in a murder case...The right sort of person to put together this unsavory combination of criminology and natural science is M. Lee Goff...[whose] book on the subject is the first of its kind. In it, Goff describes how insect evidence helps solve crimes and convict perpetrators...Behind each story is a lesson in forensic entomology...Goff is not your everyday academic. He is bohemian, alternative, bold; a true biologist, he is observant and involved...But he is also very human., A murder mystery, set in Hawaii, starring an entomologist? Sounds too good to be true, but open A Fly for the Prosecution and ready yourself for finding out which flies land on corpses within 10 minutes of death, and how many days it takes their larvae to pupate. M. Lee Goff, one of the world's handful of forensic entomologists, helps to solve crimes by fixing--with remarkable accuracy--times of death. An entertaining tale of blowflies and blister beetles., Goff, a pioneer in the field [of forensic entomology], says he learned to avoid jargon when testifying in court, and in his maximally informative, minimally rebarbative professional memoir, he treats readers as if they were jurors. His tales of analyzing the species found on a corpse...should prove riveting to anyone interested in insects or crimimal procedure., 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, beetles and, occasionally, a grasshopper., [A] lively and informative firsthand account of forensic entomology in the United States. A consultant to the Medical Examiner of Honolulu, [Goff] is especially well qualified to write this book because of his involvement in many criminal investigations and his leadership in a profession that has come into its own within the past two decades...This book is not for the squeamish, owing to the descriptions of corpses at the scene of death, in the morgue, and in varies states of decay, [but] Goff also writes about coping with murder scenes, testifying in court, and publicizing his profession. This book should appeal to a wide audience, owing to its readability and novel subject matter., 'The suspect was convicted of second degree murder and the major witnesses were flies.' With these words entomologist Goff introduces his somewhat exotic specialty: forensic entomology...[which] assists criminal justice...by providing clues about how a body may have been moved after death, by placing a suspect at the scene of a crime, and by showing that drugs or toxins have contributed to a death. Goff...traces the development of his field from modest beginnings to its present wide acceptance as an adjunct of detective work and criminal trials., [Forensic entomologists] remain a tiny fraternity--there are just 15 members of the American Board of Forensic Entomology--but their often grisly work is about to become a good deal better known, thanks to the deliciously disgusting new book, A Fly for the Prosecution ., A new breed of forensic scientists has discovered that they can actually solve crimes by studying the insect demolition crew that dismantles the human body after death. While the fauna in this book might not be everyone's cup of tea, for others of us, A Fly for the Prosecution, by M. Lee Goff, is deliciously disgusting. You'll find out that maggots aren't alone--a veritable Cosa Nostra of creepy-crawlies gather at the scene of the crime, from hide beetles to wasps to ants, each with a special role to play as the body decomposes., A new breed of forensic scientists has discovered that they can actually solve crimes by studying the insect demolition crew that dismantles the human body after death. While the fauna in this book might not be everyone's cup of tea, for others of us, A Fly for the Prosecution , by M. Lee Goff, is deliciously disgusting. You'll find out that maggots aren't alone--a veritable Cosa Nostra of creepy-crawlies gather at the scene of the crime, from hide beetles to wasps to ants, each with a special role to play as the body decomposes.
Dewey Decimal
614/.1
Table Of Content
Prologue: Honolulu, 1984 1. Beginnings 2. The Bugs on the Body 3. The Pigs' Tale 4. The First Flies 5. Patterns of Succession 6. Cover-ups and Concealments 7. Predators 8. Air, Fire, and Water 9. Drugs and Toxins 10. Coping 11. Testifying 12. Spreading the Word Epilogue: Summing Up Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
Each body recovered at a crime scene is an ecosystem, a unique microenvironment colonized in succession by a diverse array of flies, beetles, mites, spiders, and other arthropods. Using actual cases, Goff shows how knowledge of these insects and their habits allows forensic entomologists to furnish investigators with crucial evidence about crimes., The forensic entomologist turns a dispassionate, analytic eye on scenes from which most people would recoil--human corpses in various stages of decay, usually the remains of people who have met a premature end through accident or mayhem. To Lee Goff and his fellow forensic entomologists, each body recovered at a crime scene is an ecosystem, a unique microenvironment colonized in succession by a diverse array of flies, beetles, mites, spiders, and other arthropods: some using the body to provision their young, some feeding directly on the tissues and by-products of decay, and still others preying on the scavengers. Using actual cases on which he has consulted, Goff shows how knowledge of these insects and their habits allows forensic entomologists to furnish investigators with crucial evidence about crimes. Even when a body has been reduced to a skeleton, insect evidence can often provide the only available estimate of the postmortem interval, or time elapsed since death, as well as clues to whether the body has been moved from the original crime scene, and whether drugs have contributed to the death. An experienced forensic investigator who regularly advises law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad, Goff is uniquely qualified to tell the fascinating if unsettling story of the development and practice of forensic entomology.
LC Classification Number
RA1063.45.G64 2001
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