Activity of the forensic entomology department of the French Gendarmerie

The criminal research Institute of the French Gendarmerie deals with severa l disciplines which are part of forensic science. Forensic entomology is on e of the last laboratories created in Rosny-Sous-Bois. As with all other de partments of the Institute, its main mission is carrying out its expertise on behalf of justice. Another important mission is to educate on one hand t he "scene of crime" officers in order to increase the quality of the specim ens collected and on the other hand to magistrates to make forensic entomol ogy better known. At last, a research program is available to follow scient ific development and to improve services to justice. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scie nce Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.