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It is their job to pull together the many clues, pieces of evidence, and other information to help identify victims and solve crimes. Sadly, until all crime stops and disasters end, the need for forensic scientists will continue. COOL SCIENCE CAREERS: Forensic Science Investigator 29 Glossary chromatograph (kruh-MAT-uh-graf) machine used to determine chemical components contaminated (kuhn-TAM-uh-neyt-ed) something made dirty, impure, or polluted coroner (KOR-uh-ner) one name for an official who investigates suspicious deaths decompose (dee-kuhm-POHZ) to rot or break down into pieces forensic scientists (fuh-REN-sik SAHY-uhn-tists) people trained to look at and interpret evidence fungal spores (FUHNG-guhl spohrz) tiny, one-celled structures in various types of fungus individualize (in-duh-VIJ-oo-uh-lahyz) to identify down to a single unit microscopic (mahy-kruh-SKOP-ik) something so small it can only be seen with a microscope pathologist (puh-THOL-uh-jist) a medical doctor who examines human remains ransom (RAN-suhm) money demanded for the release of a person or property spectrophotometer (spek-troh-foh-TOM-i-ter) machine used to measure wavelengths testimony (TES-tuh-moh-nee) evidence given by a witness, usually in court toxicologist (tok-si-KOL-uh-jist) expert who looks for the presence of drugs, alcohol, and other elements in body tissues or blood 30 21st CENTURY SKILLS LIBRARY For More Information Books Camenson, Blythe.

Fridell, Ron. Forensic Science. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2006. Jackson, Donna. The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead. New York: Megan Tingley Books, 2001. Owen, David. Police Lab: How Forensic Science Tracks Down and Convicts Criminals. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2002. Platt, Richard. Forensics. New York: Kingfisher Books, 2005. Twist, Clint. The Great Forensic Challenge. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s, 2005. htm is a good website to find out more about what forensic scientists do.

Forensics. New York: Kingfisher Books, 2005. Twist, Clint. The Great Forensic Challenge. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s, 2005. htm is a good website to find out more about what forensic scientists do. org is the website of the professional association to which many forensic scientists belong. ” DVD. The Histor y Channel. ” DVD. The Histor y Channel. COOL SCIENCE CAREERS: Forensic Science Investigator 31 Index analysis, 8, 17, 25 Anthropological Research Facility, 26 fingerprints, 19, 20 individualizing, 21 microscopic evidence, 20, 24 types of, 20–21 expert witnesses, 22 bodily fluids, 21 Body Farm, 26 bullets, 21 Bundy, Ted, 16–17 chief medical examiner’s office in New York City, 17 chromatograph, 25 contaminated evidence, 11 coroner, 15 crime, 5, 10 kidnapping, 4–9 murder, 10–11 “crimes of the century,” 5, 10 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 4–9 Nicole Brown Simpson murder, 10–11 decompose, 26 dental records, 16–17, 19 disasters, 27–29 DNA, 20, 27, 28 education and training, 15, 17 evidence, 10–11 dental records, 16–17, 18 DNA, 20, 27, 28 fingerprints, 19, 20 forensic, definition of, 12 forensic science, role of, 12 forensic scientists, 14 coroners, 15 dentists, 16–17 education and training, 14, 15, 17 identification of victim, 18–19 pathologists, 15 testifying in court, 22 tools of, 23–26 toxicologists, 16 fungal spores, 24 Goldman, Ronald, 10 hair, 10, 20 Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 9 Hurricane Katrina, 28 Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 4 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 4–9 Lindbergh, Charles, 4–9 Locard, Edmond, 21 medical records, 19 microscopic evidence, 20, 24 New York World Trade Center disaster, 28 pathologists, 15 Pentagon disaster, 28 ransom note, 8 Simpson, Nicole Brown, 10–11 Simpson, O.

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