Improving Insect-based Technology for Minimum Death Time Estimates in Forensic Investigations in Australia

这项研究将为澳大利亚提供更准确、更狭窄的死亡时间估计。更准确地围绕死亡时间进行调查，将大大节省凶杀案调查的资金。基于昆虫的法庭证据将变得更加有力，从而提高起诉成功率。具有共同目标但经验和专门知识不同的实验室之间的伙伴关系也将得到加强，从而避免重复研究并产生合作的协同效应。澳大利亚的个案工作方法将变得更加一致，从而避免从业者之间的法庭冲突。最后，培养高质量的昆虫学和法医学研究生。

This research will provide more accurate, narrower death time estimates for Australia. Focusing enquiries more accurately around the death time will result in significant financial savings in homicide investigations. Court evidence based on insects will become more robust, thus improving prosecution success. Partnerships will also be enhanced between laboratories with common aims, but different experience and expertise, thereby avoiding research duplication and producing synergistic effects of collaboration. Casework methodology in Australia will become better aligned, thus avoiding courtroom conflicts between practitioners. Finally, high quality graduate students will be trained in entomological and forensic sciences.