• Before becoming a pathologist people need to study all the sub-disciplines like anatomical, chemical, clinical, forensic, general etc.
• After studying them in a medical university then they can proceed being a specialist.
• Doing practical experiments and being examined before becoming a pathologist and are then licensed by the uni as a pathologist.
• They work in collaboration to clinical scientists. They have 2 major divisions which split up to pathology and anatomical pathology.
• In pathology they test different samples as hair, DNA, blood, saliva and urine. They also test any foods or drinks consumed by the victim.
• In anatomical pathology they study different chemicals found in the victim’s body itself.
• Pathologists always work indoors in the laboratory because they need different equipment to study their substances.

Ballistics expert
They collect, studies analyse evidence related to ammunition and firearms.
They need a bachelor degree in science and criminology. Train in mechanical engineering or metallurgy. Useful in learning chemistry, maths and physics.
They work on site to look for any bullets firearms used in the murder.

What they do – A ballistics expert collects, studies and analyses evidence relating to ammunition and firearms. They also study the tragedy of the bullets, and the characteristics after they’re fired. So basically anything related to weapons and bullets, they’ll be there at the scene collecting, studying and analysing. Many experts are employed by police forces and are hired by private agencies.

Career Requirements – To become a Ballistics Expert, you’re required to finish school. Many have a bachelor’s degree in forensic science and criminology. Police officers with experience in firearms can become a Ballistics Expert by attending some training courses without earning a degree.

Training to become a ballistic expert can include:

• Ammunition
• Crime scene search
• Evidence handling
• Expert witness testimony training
• Fields of law
• Firearms assembly/disassembly
• Firearms identification
• Gunpowder and primer residue
• Microscopy
• Wound ballistics

They start collecting the evidence relating towards weapons and bullets on the crime scene. They then bring it back to the lab for further investigation and analysing.

Forensic photography is crime scene, or accident-scene photography. It is all about making an accurate, photographic record of an event, after-the –fact, for the benefit of a court case or other legal proceeding. They may be taken specifically for documentation, analysis, intelligence, or for court presentations. To be used in court, pictures must be allowed under the rules of evidence that apply in a particular jurisdiction. These rules will indicate whether the images provide information relevant to the court and thus can be admitted as evidence.

Forensic photographers have to be very good at making photographs that tell the full story of a scene. That included detail images as well as those that provide overall context. A good series of forensic photographs would record as much as can be seen in a scene as possible, to the satisfaction of all parties whose job is to accurately dispense justice.

To become a forensic photographer, you need to be trained in police officer and completed in-service photography course. Most people like to experiment with photography and we can’t really do that. And when you join the police you’ve got to spend a fair amount of time on the street before you can go into any specialist area. When you join the photographic section you do a four-week course at Police College, you sit units and to be fully qualified takes five years. They are looking at a certificate that could potentially be used around the world.

This is not one of those photography jobs to be taken lightly: forensic photographs can make or break a criminal case, and the subject matter is often disturbing.

Forensic Scientists

Forensic Scientists are scientists that help examine or analyse evidence in legal investigations. Forensic Scientists may perform the following, analyse drugs, blood, body fluid or tissue. Examine oils, glass, fibres, DNA. To become a Forensic Scientist, you need to complete a number of degrees such as biology, chemistry, physics, botany and medicine..You will also need some requirements such as good communication skills, good observation skills, able to work part of the team, capable of clear logical thinking. If you have any experience in other areas then you will easily be able to be a Forensic Scientist. Forensic Scientist examines and analyse evidence off site of the crime scene and then give them to the police.

They do the biology, chemistry, etc…

They need to study disciplines such as biology, chemistry, anthropology, etc…

They work in a lab, but also in the forensic field.