1 / 6

Forensics

Forensics. A career in Science and Law. When is a death investigated?. A death must be investigated when: It is a violent death (homicide, suicide, accident) The death is suspicious The death is sudden or unexpected The victim is under age 6 years

nathan
Download Presentation

Forensics

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Forensics A career in Science and Law

  2. When is a death investigated? • A death must be investigated when: • It is a violent death (homicide, suicide, accident) • The death is suspicious • The death is sudden or unexpected • The victim is under age 6 years • The death occurs in prison or Police custody • The death occurs without a Doctor present • The death involves a Public Hazard

  3. The Basic Questions of the Investigation: • Who? (Identify the victim) • When? (Time of death / injury) • Where? (The scene of the death or injury) • What? (What happened? What is the cause of death?) • Which? (Injuries are significant?) • Why? (And how were the injuries produced? How did the death occur?)

  4. Who are some of the Professionals who might use this knowledge? • Some doctors become Forensic Pathologists or Coroners. • Some Registered Nurses become Forensic Nurses • Some Scientists become Forensic Pathologist… • Some become Crime Scene Investigators • Some Psychologist become Profilers

  5. What is required? • All require a college degree • All require specialty school training • All require some license or certification • Some require Advanced Degrees (Masters or Doctoral degrees, Medical degree, etc)

  6. Choose a career… • Pick out a career that might use forensic skills. • Write a paper to answer the following questions: • How much education do I need? • Where can I get the training? • Where will I be able to work, once I finish? • What will my duties be? • How much can I expect to make?

More Related