Forensic science plays a crucial role in criminal justice. In the last few years, due to great advances in technologies and the effect of many TV shows, movies, and true crime podcasts, there has been an increased interest to forensic science by both students and professionals. In particular, forensic science appears to be a very exciting career for women, whose numbers greatly exceed men's in the field.
Some of the influential women in forensic science includes:
Frances Glessner Lee had a great influence in developing forensic science in USA and she is now regarded as “the godmother of forensic science”. She used the feminine art of miniatures in an unconventional way, to create, at doll house scale and in accurate minute details, 20 real crime scenes, useful to for training investigators. She revolutionized police work and was the most famous criminologist of her time.
Clea Koff is famous for her great contribution to the identification of victims from Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia and for Rwanda Genocide. Because of this, she is known as the “bone woman”, based upon the title of her book.
Laura Pettler is one of the world’s most expert in crime scene staging and domestic violence homicide.She founded an institute that offers some educational programs and represents the only victim-centered scientific death investigations firm in the world.
Jan Carla Garavaglia is a famous medical examiner in USA who was the protagonist of a reality TV show “Dr. G.” where she shared the surprising results of her investigations.
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