Forensic Careers

3. study human skeletal biology and skeletal remains.
6. examines body fluids and organs to determine the presence or absence of drugs or poisons.
7. applies principles and techniques of chemistry, physics, and geology to the identification and comparison of crime scene evidence.
8. concerned with failure analysis, accident reconstruction, and causes and origins of fires or explosions.
9. identifies and performs DNA profiling on dried bloodstains and other body fluids, compare hair fibers, and identify and compare botanical materials.
11. drugs and its effects as well as chemicals and its effects on the human body.
12. involves telephoned threats or tape-recorded messages.
13. examines and records physical evidence.
14. deals with mental illnesses and human behavior as they relate to matters of civil and criminal law.

1. An individual whom the court determines to possess knowledge relevant to the trial that is not expected of the average layperson.
2. studies the handwriting and typewriting on questioned documents to ascertain authenticity and/or source.
4. the concept of incorporating crime-scene evidence collection into the total forensics science.
5. examines fingerprints.
7. lie detector.
10. deals with bite marks and impressions.