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34 MARK BENECKE<br />

Fig. 16: Selection <strong>of</strong> current<br />

textbooks about <strong>the</strong><br />

topic.<br />

Abb. 16: Auswahl von<br />

Lehrbüchern zum Thema.<br />

Fig. 17: A jet ant (wood<br />

ant) Lasius fuliginosus became<br />

crucial evidence in a<br />

conviction for manslaughter<br />

performed by a<br />

German priest. The ant<br />

was found under <strong>the</strong> boot<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fender (Photo: A.<br />

NIVAGGIOLI; case details in<br />

BENECKE & SEIFERT 1999).<br />

Abb. 17: Eine Holzameise<br />

Lasius fuliginosus gab<br />

den entscheidenden Hinweis<br />

für die Verurteilung<br />

eines Priesers wegen Totschlags.<br />

Die Ameise wurde<br />

unter dem Steifel des<br />

Angeklagten gefunden<br />

(Foto: A. NIVAGGIOLI; Einzelheiten<br />

des Falles bei<br />

BENECKE & SEIFERT 1999).<br />

high pr<strong>of</strong>ile cases (Fig. 17), popular science<br />

accounts and textbooks (Figs. 8, 16) as well<br />

as international trainings (e.g., at <strong>the</strong> FBI Academy<br />

(Quantico) at <strong>the</strong> Anthropological Research<br />

Facility (Univ. Tennessee) and at <strong>the</strong> University<br />

<strong>of</strong> Cologne) helped most to establish<br />

<strong>the</strong> discipline in current routine police and<br />

<strong>forensic</strong> practice.<br />

By now, researchers worldwide use <strong>entomology</strong><br />

in criminal investigations including

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