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Forensic parasitology:a new frontier in criminalistics

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Parasites are ubiquitous,diverse,and have close interactions with humans and other animals.Despite this,they have not garnered significant interest from forensic scientists,and their utility as indicators in criminal investigations has been largely overlooked.To foster the development of forensic parasitology we explore the utility of parasites as forensic indicators in five broad areas:(i)wildlife trafficking and exploitation,(ii)biological attacks,(iii)sex crimes,(iv)criminal neglect of humans and other animals,and(v)indicators of movement and travel.To encourage the development and growth of forensic parasitology as a field,we lay out a four-step roadmap to increase the use and utility of parasites in criminal investigations.

forensic biologywildlife traffickingcriminal neglectparasitesbioterrorism

Mackenzie L.Kwak、James F.Wallman、Darren Yeo、Melanie S.Archer、Ryo Nakao

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Laboratory of Parasitology,Department of Disease Control,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Hokkaido University,Sapporo,Japan

Faculty of Science,University of Technology Sydney,Ultimo,New South Wales,Australia

School of Earth,Atmospheric and Life Sciences,University of Wollongong,Wollongong,New South Wales,Australia

The Centre for Wildlife Forensics,National Parks Board(NParks),Singapore,Republic of Singapore

Department of Forensic Medicine,Monash University/Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine,Southbank,Victoria,Australia

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2024

法庭科学研究(英文)
司法鉴定科学研究院

法庭科学研究(英文)

ISSN:2096-1790
年,卷(期):2024.9(2)