Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Entomology in CSI
Entomology- is the scientific study of insects. Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth, so it is an important specialty within biology. To the trained forensic entomologist, insects provide vital clues concerning the time and circumstance of a death, whether or not a body was moved, the timing of infliction of wounds, and whether or not drugs or toxins contributed to the victims demise. In addition to homicides, forensic entomology is also used to help solve crimes and civil issues involving abuse and neglect, stored products and structural defects. I really enjoyed the CSI episode where Grisome used insects to determine the time of death of Keye. Based on research that our group did earlier, it seems that Entomology is actually used in CSI investigations. Therefore, our group agrees with the CSI episode. We found it kind of disgusting when Grisome used the pig however.
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the episode was awsome because they used flys to research the time of death. and ive heard stories from my grandma that flies go on raw meat. and they poop on the meat and white worm come out
Entomology --- In this CSI episode they used insects to determine the time of death of a body, which led to solving the case. It is good to know that technology is used for such purposes to solve important cases and help the people of America!
Entomology helps in solving a lot of cases. When there is very few clues in a case, entomology can help in a lot of different ways. Entomology is very incredible because it uses other forms of living organisms to determine the validity of time of murder or any other circumstances. The pig used on the last episode of CSI helped to determine how long the body was wrapped in the forest. Entomology comes in great help during the instances portrayed in last episode of CSI.
In this episode there was a problem with the conditions of the insects and when they would get to the body if it was wrapped up tight. I think that entomology can be very accurate if the entomologist conducts the right kind of tests, but it can also lead to false evidence.
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