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Explore various forensic science careers from odontologist to toxicologist. Learn about the required skills, typical workplaces, and job responsibilities in language suitable for professionals and students.
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Odontologist • An odontologist is a dentist who applies the principles of dentistry to identify human remains and bite marks.
Pathologist • A pathologist is a medical doctor who determines cause of death by performing an autopsy.
Forensic Anthropologist • A forensic anthropologist identifies skeletal remains and determines sex, age, race, or marks of trauma.
Forensic Engineer • A forensic engineer applies engineering concepts in legal situations (for instance accident reconstruction or failure analysis).
Ballistic Analyst • A ballistic analyst examines guns and ammunition and interprets gunshot wounds or gunshot marks and residue.
Document Examiner • A document examiner analyzes written documents. He may study handwriting, typewriting, paper, ink, and any other features of documents.
Serologist • A Serologist identifies and examines blood and other bodily fluids.
Toxicologist • A toxicologist's specialty is poison. A toxicologist determines if drugs or other chemicals (poisons) contributed to the cause of death or were present in a crime.
Forensic Entomologist • An entomologist studies life cycles of insects to help determine the approximate time of death of a victim in a murder investigation.
What skills do these jobs take? • A college degree • Good eye-sight • Keen observation skills • Curiosity and imagination • Ability and patience to work with details • Integrity • Being objective and free of bias and prejudice • Ability to keep accurate records
You may have to appear at a court hearing so... • You must be a skilled speaker • You must have good data management skills • You must be able to keep good scientific records
The Workplace...you may work for: • The local, state, or federal government • For a lab that analyzes different types of evidence • As an independent consultant • In a hospital, office, or university • In the morgue or medical examiners office • At the crime scene