A pollen calendar is used to show the peak
pollen times for different types of plant pollen, which causes
allergic reactions in certain people.[1][2][3]
However, the use of a pollen calendar to set the date of death should be used with extreme caution, and only by a carefully trained
expert witness.[7] The
CSI effect has put pressure on some
police officers and
district attorneys to provide pollen-based
evidence, but such evidence "appear[s] to be of limited use in the forensic context where outcomes are scrutinised in
court."[7]
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abE. Montali, A. Mercuri, G. Trevisan Grandi, and C. Accorsi. "Towards a 'crime pollen calendar'—Pollen analysis on corpses throughout one year." Forensic Science International, Volume 163, Issue 3, pp. 211–223. Abstract found at
ScienceDirect website. Accessed February 22, 2010.
Archived April 15, 2020, at the
Wayback Machine.
^D.C. Mildenhall, P.E.J. Wiltshire, and V.M. Bryant. "Editorial: Forensic palynology." Forensic Science International, Volume 163 (2006), pp. 161–162. Found at
Texas A & M University website (PDF). Accessed February 23, 2010.
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abPatricia E. J. Wiltshire. "Forensic Ecology, Botany, and Palynology: Some Aspects of Their Role in Criminal Investigation," in Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics (Springer Netherlands 2009), pp. 129–149.
ISBN978-1-4020-9203-9 (print), 978-1-4020-9204-6 (online). Found at
SpringerLink website. Accessed February 23, 2010.
Archived June 9, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine.