CAREER IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
Ref: Employement News India
The world "forensic" is derived from the Latin word "foensis"
meaning "forum" or court of law". Forensic science
is a technique if using scientific methods in solving crimes. It draws
upon various branches of science, such as physical, chemical, medical
and biological sciences. The forensic science is multi-disciplinary
and includes branches such as Forensic documents, Forensic fingerprints,
Forensic engineering, Forensic pathology etc.
Every MBBS students is taught a bit of forensic medicine (to be
able to report any unnatural death that may come to his notice or
he could get held up under section 39 as the Cr PC for withholding
evidence form the police) At the MD level, the syllabus for the
specialty course is more in-depth, covering three modules : Forensic
Pathology, Clinical Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.
Forensic Pathology covers all investigation leading to death (cause,
time and manner), embalming and disposal of dead bodies, identification
of unclaimed bodies, viscera examination, DNA examination etc. Students
are also sensitized to the time factor, because evidence lost at
this stage is often lost forever.
In clinical forensic medicine, students are taught how to lift
trace evidence from the blood, nails, hairs, clothing, semen, a
vaginal swab, tissue culture, gastric lavage etc.
They are also taught how to document those evidence for the court,
face a lawyer's cross-examination, understand court proceedings
and interpret various sections and sub-sections of the Cr PC. Finally,
toxicology is another extensive subject covering data maintenance
on all kinds of poisons, their variants, symptoms and management
in case of both acute and chronic poisoning
Most often, forensic doctors, scientists and police investigators
work on a case as team. Yet, despite all their efforts, the evidence
may not be finally admissible in court. Nothing is absolute for
the judiciary.
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