With technology developing at an increasing rate in modern day's society, new and intriguingly useful resources have been showing themselves more and more. As intelligence develops, there are dozens of unique ways methods at criminal justice officials' disposal in order to find the ideal evidence to crack their case. For example, one of these new methods of criminology is called Forensic Entomology; the application of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters (PRINCETON). Forensic entomology was practically unheard of in North America until less than a decade ago and now in modern day, professions in arthropod identification are being called upon by criminologists in increasingly substantial numbers in order to further interpret the miniscule, living, tools of evidence that previously went unnoticed due to pure ignorance or lack of knowledge (LATIMES). Primarily, this method of criminal investigation is correlated with cases involving death, however, it can also be *used* in order to pinpoint the location of an incident, locate drugs and/or toxic poisons, as well as the time of the victimized trauma inflicted that is in question. Forensic anthropologists apply physical science to areas of the law using three different fields of forensic entomology; urban, stored-product, and medico-legal/medico-criminal entomology. .
One of the most profound methods of entomology is urban entomology. Urban entomology is the study of insects and mites that affect people and their property (OREGON). Forensic specialists use this method of research in order to identify the pests that are responsible for infestations of public spaces, commercial buildings, private homes, and also creates plans of attack in order to maintain said pests through different sprays, pheromone traps, and other strategist. In some cases, urban-forensic entomologists can also pinpoint the causes that led to an infestation that can result in criminal or civil litigation in select cases.
