Entomological evidence at the service of justice: Protocol of action framed to legislation of Ecuador
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Nov 30, 2020
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cadaveric entomofauna, crime scene, legal standards, management of entomological evidence.×
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The interdisciplinary work of sciences such as field criminalistics, legal medicine, forensic biology, forensic entomology, among others, allows achieving a more objective and effective technical-scientific investigation when analyzing a criminal act. This work focuses on the work of forensic entomology in the investigation of a judicial process, covering its techniques of action, handling of entomological samples (eg, collection, preservation and storage), and legal regulations of Ecuador in which the personnel in charge it must be governed so that the evidence is authentic, legal and scientifically informative. That is why this study sets out the main guidelines for the analysis of entomological samples for correct forensic work.
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García Ruilova AB, Moreno E, Barragán Álvaro, Cáceres V, Freddy, Donso DA. Entomological evidence at the service of justice: Protocol of action framed to legislation of Ecuador. REMCB [Internet]. 2020Nov.30 [cited 2024Jul.3];41(2):85-3. Available from: https://remcb-puce.edu.ec/remcb/article/view/879
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Amendt J, Richards C, Campobasso C, Zahner R, Hall M. 2011. Forensic entomology: applications
and limitations. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology. 7:379–392.
Anderson G, Van Laerhoven S. 1996. Inicial Studies on Insect Succession on Carrion in Southwestern British Columbia. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 41(4): 617–625.
Arnaldos MI, Luna AU, Presa JJ, López-Gallego E, García MD. 2006. Entomología forense en España: hacia una buena práctica profesional. Ciencia Forense. 8: 17–38.
Battán-Horenstein MB, Arnaldos MI, Rosso B, García MD. 2005. Estudio preliminar de la comunidad sarcosaprófaga en Córdoba (Argentina): aplicación a la entomología forense. An Biol. 27: 191–201.
Benecke M. 2001. A Brief History of Forensic Entomology. Forensic Science International. 120: 2–14.
Byrd J, Castner J. 2010. Collection of entomological evidence during death investigations. (J, H, Byrd, J, l, Castner, eds, Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal investigations.). Boca Raton: CRC Press
Lord WD, Catts EP, Haskell NH. 1990. Entomology and death procedural guide. Clemson: Joyce’s Print shop.
Catts E, Goff M. 1992. Forensic Entomology in criminal investigations. Annual Entomology Journal. 37: 253–272.
Centeno N, Maldonado M, Oliva A. 2002. Seasonal patterns of arthropods occurring on sheltered and unsheltered pig carcasses in Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), Forensic Science International. 26: 63–40.
Constitución de la República de Ecuador. 2016. [Const.] Editoriales Legales.
Código Orgánico Integral Penal. 2014. 2da edición. Lexis Finder.
Código Orgánico Integral Penal. 2014. Articúlo 456. [Cadena de custodia]. 2da edición. Lexis Finder.
Dadour IR, Cook DF, Fissioli JN, Bailey WJ. 2001. Forensic Entomology: Application, Education and Research in Western Australia. Forensic Science International. 120(1-2): 48–52.
García-Ruilova AB, Barragán AR, Ordoñez SC, García JF, Mazn JD, Cueva R, Donoso D. 2020. First records of Diptera associated with human corpses in Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity. 6:1, 197-20.
García A, Donoso D. 2015. Casos sin resolver y la entomología forense en Ecuador. Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina y Ciencias Biológicas-Número especial de Ciencias Forenses. 36(1): 59–64.
Gennard D. 2007. Forensic Entomology: An Introduction. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Greenberg B. 1991. Flies as Forensic indicators. Journal of Med. Entomol. 28(5): 565–577.
Haskell et al. 2001. Collection of entomological evidence during death investigations (Byrd JH, Castner JL (ed) Forensic entomology— the utility of arthropods in legal investigations). Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Keh B. 1985. Scope and Applications of Forensic Entomology. Ann Rev Entomol. 30: 137–54.
Lord W, Burger J. 1983. Collection and preservation of forensically important entomological materials. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 28: 936–994.
Moreno EA, Amat E, Meneses PE, Donoso D, Barragán AR. 2020. Green bottles flies (Calliphoridae, Luciliinae) of Ecuador geographic distribution, ºchecklist and DNA barcodes, Neotropical Biodiversity, 6:1, 117-126.
Moreno EA, Barragán A. 2015. Breve historia de la colaboración entre la Fiscalía General del Estado y la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina y Ciencias Biológicas. 36(1): 33–38.
Ramón G, Donoso DA. 2015. The Role of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in forensic entomology. Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina y Ciencias Biológicas. 36(1): 17–24.
Ramos-Pastrana Y, Pujol-Luz J, Wolff M, I. 2012. Técnicas para la recolección de evidencias entomológica de interés forense para la determinación del intervalo postmortem (IPM). Momentos de Ciencia. 9(1): 38–45.
Rivers D, Dahlem G. 2014. Science of Forensic Entomology. Nueva Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.