Opportunities in Forensic Science

✍ Scribed by Blythe Camenson

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 191
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Each book offers: The latest information on a field of interest Training and educational requirements for each career Salary statistics for different positions within each field Up-to-date professional and Internet resources

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 17
1. Forensic Science Fields......Page 19
Role of forensic sciences......Page 20
Forensic science fields......Page 21
Other forensic disciplines......Page 23
Forensic science and the law......Page 24
Sample programs......Page 25
Training......Page 26
Job settings......Page 33
Working conditions......Page 34
Salaries for forensic scientists......Page 35
2. Forensic Evidence......Page 37
Specializations......Page 38
Credentials for criminalists......Page 43
Sample jobs......Page 45
Firsthand accounts......Page 51
A final thought......Page 59
3. Accident and Fire Investigation......Page 61
Role of investigators......Page 63
Training for investigators......Page 64
Salaries......Page 68
Sample jobs......Page 69
Firsthand accounts......Page 70
A final thought......Page 77
4. Forensic Medicine......Page 79
Forensic pathology......Page 80
Forensic dentistry and odontology......Page 85
Forensic nursing......Page 92
Sample jobs......Page 95
Firsthand account......Page 98
A final thought......Page 104
5. Forensic Anthropology......Page 105
Branches of anthropology......Page 106
Training......Page 108
Finding a job......Page 111
Salaries......Page 112
Firsthand account......Page 113
A final thought......Page 119
6. Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry......Page 121
Legal issues......Page 122
Work settings......Page 123
Training for forensic psychologists and psychiatrists......Page 124
Forensic social work and mental health counseling......Page 128
Training for forensic social workers and counselors......Page 130
Psychiatric technicians......Page 132
Salaries......Page 133
Sample jobs......Page 135
Firsthand accounts......Page 137
A final thought......Page 147
Forensic computer and cyber investigations......Page 149
Forensic accounting......Page 154
Forensic economics......Page 157
Forensic engineering......Page 159
Forensic architecture......Page 162
Wildlife forensics......Page 165
Sample jobs......Page 167
A final thought......Page 169
Appendix: Professional Associations......Page 171
Further Reading......Page 185