The Forensic Sciences Foundation


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Forensic scientists work in laboratories, at crime scenes, in offices, and in morgues. They may work for federal, state and local government, forensic laboratories, medical examiners offices, hospitals, universities, toxicology laboratories, police departments, medical examiner/coroner offices, or as independent forensic science consultants.

Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team (DMORT) is a branch of the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA). Teams are sent on an "as needed" basis to mass disasters or large criminal cases. Members are sent for two weeks to any destination in the world and may extend their time as needed. DMORT is used to assist already existing forensic teams.

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What is Forensic Science?

What Do Forensic Scientists Do? 
  - Work
  - Ethics
  - Testimony

What's a Forensic Scientist? 
 - How Do I Become One? 
 - How Much Money Will I Make? 
 - Where Will I Work?

Kinds of Forensic Science:
   Discipline Sections Within
   the American Academy
   of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)

  - Criminalistics 
  - Engineering Sciences 
  - General 
  - Jurisprudence 
  - Odontology 
  - Pathology/Biology
  - Physical Anthropology
  - Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  - Questioned Documents
  - Toxicology

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