%0 Guideline
%T Best practice in forensic entomology--standards and guidelines.
%A Amendt J
%A Campobasso CP
%A Gaudry E
%A Reiter C
%A LeBlanc HN
%A Hall MJ
%A  
%J Int J Legal Med
%V 121
%N 2
%D Mar 2007
%M 16633812
%F 2.791
%R 10.1007/s00414-006-0086-x
%X Forensic entomology, the use of insects and other arthropods in forensic investigations, is becoming increasingly more important in such investigations. To ensure its optimal use by a diverse group of professionals including pathologists, entomologists and police officers, a common frame of guidelines and standards is essential. Therefore, the European Association for Forensic Entomology has developed a protocol document for best practice in forensic entomology, which includes an overview of equipment used for collection of entomological evidence and a detailed description of the methods applied. Together with the definitions of key terms and a short introduction to the most important methods for the estimation of the minimum postmortem interval, the present paper aims to encourage a high level of competency in the field of forensic entomology.