20 July 2009 - 9:25Featured Website: The American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Did you ever watch CSI, Navy NCIS, or Bones and say, ‘Wow those are cool jobs, I would love to do that!” Even though Hollywood likes to add or subtract aspects of the job, careers in forensic science are real. The link posted is for the American Academy of Forensics Sciences (AAFS) which is a professional society whose members are from all disciplines of forensics science. People might not realize that there are many fields within forensics including toxicology, anthropology, pathology/biology, jurisprudence, engineering sciences, criminalistics, and more. This website offers information about careers in the different fields, as well as, lists and contact information of colleges and universities with degrees in forensics within the United States and countries around the world. A feature of this society is The Young Forensic Scientist Forum. This is an area which allows college students or newcomers to the field, to interact with established professionals to learn and keep up with new current topics in forensics.

Website Reviewer- Kayleigh Delfino, Keystone College student