What are the various career types that a Forensic Scientist can work in?

What are the various career types that a Forensic Scientist can work in?


As forensic Science is a multi disciplinary area, wherein lots of work types are available to specialize in. in previous times a single Forensic Scientist used to handle the case from start to end. But with growing awareness in this field and with the demand of changing situation, Forensic Science has to cover various aspects of the study and hence there are various career types from which an aspirant can choose one as his career. This includes:
- Criminologists, who studies physical evidences of the crime scene.
- Forensic Odontologist, who works on the oral structure and dental remains to determine the time and cause of death.
-Forensic toxicologists, determines adverse effects of chemicals like drugs, poison, alcohol etc. in the suspects and criminals system.
- Forensic psychiatrist, through the use of medicine and neurosciences knowledge collects the clinical experiences.
- Pathology and Physical Anthropologist, study diseases and does post-mortems and does the study of bones to determine cause and time of death of the suspect.
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