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Text Box: .Education and Experience:  Required is a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in chemistry, biology, forensic science, criminalistics, toxicology, a closely related natural science, criminology, law enforcement, or criminal justice.
Applicants must also complete at least 24 semester hours of either biology or chemistry, and math. The actual courses completed are more important than the degree title given to the graduate. Because scientific advances are Text Box: continually unraveled at a rapid pace, continuing education classes are also required, and will need to be taken throughout your career.
Criminalists work in law enforcement and certain private companies.  Salaries are generally higher in the federal law-enforcement agencies.
They work in laboratories, and some do crime scene investigations.  Many specialize in a certain area of forensics.  They are often called on to be expert witnesses in criminal cases.
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Alice is guilty, because the stab wound was a contributing factor in the death.
R. versus Smith Courts Martial Appeal Court.
43 Cr. App. R. 121 (England)
Text Box: Alice stabbed Ralph.  Ralph was dropped twice while being carried to the hospital by a friend.  The hospital had no facilities for blood transfusions. If Ralph had received blood, his chances of survival would have been 75 percent.  Alice is charged with murder.  Is she guilty?
What’s your verdict?
Trial court decision: 
 Alice is guilty
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