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Definition of forensic science is a combination of law and science.

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So, whatever science that we do is to back up the law.

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So, we would be called to court cases all

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the time with the forensic or science evidence,

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but we're a bind of law and science.

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When people think like forensic science,

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they think,

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oh my gosh,

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like crime scene investigation and

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majority of the stuff it is but it's like processing evidence found in like crime

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scenes and then you take that evidence and you identify it and you classify it,

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there's a lot of aspects of it there's a lot you could do with it.

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We think as forensic science as always being out in the field.

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Obviously,

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yes,

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we can work with law,

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become a police officer,

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can even go to law school,

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become a lawyer,

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you can

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go to

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a med school and become a doctor,

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but

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you can sit in the lab,

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receive the evidence,

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work on those evidences all day,

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right?

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And other than that,

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you could do research.

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You want to research a certain topic about forensic science,

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you could do that for years,

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right?

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There are people in the background

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that are doing a lot of the work that's not completely related

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to those law things where they are doing their own research,

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doing their own lab work

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for the greater good of humanity.

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I'm a pre-medical student,

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so

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if I wanted to be a medical examiner,

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for example,

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and do autopsies,

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I'd still have to go to med school.

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So, that's a track that I feel like a lot of forensic science majors pursue,

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the medical field because there's,

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it's just so broad,

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like there's a lot you could do in it.

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What's so great about our forensics classes is that the majority of

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the professors are like doctors or like have worked in this field,

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so they have so many connections.

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They will offer stuff to you be like,

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"Hey,

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we're,

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we're looking for interns,"

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"we're looking for volunteers for research."

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So, we have had so many guest speakers that come in.

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Professor Parmelee invited like two, three guests over that are

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experts in certain criteria like fingerprints.

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I know Professor Zapico,

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she brought her co-worker who wrote a research paper with her

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that's presenting this week at APHIS,

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a big forensic science conference.

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She came in to talk to

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our class and forensic science introduction class.

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As a forensic science major,

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you need to do co-op.

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You could do it with research or you could do a paid internship.

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So, I picked a paid internship at the medical examiner's office in Newark,

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so you can work in the autopsy room as a morgue tech,

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and there's toxicology labs,

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there's learning how to use a CT scan.

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There's a lot you could do there.

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It's really cool that you get to see that other side

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of the field that you don't really hear much about.

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I'm actually sad that I'm leaving NGIT because I know

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Professor Parmelee is thinking about all these classes,

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new classes that he wants to do,

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right?

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Specifically for anthropology,

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specifically for DNA,

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specifically for tumors,

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and you can focus in one criteria

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that you like even within the major earthquake science.

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And I think that's what makes it amazing.

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It's so fun that it doesn't feel like classes.

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You enjoy going,

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you get to know the professors,

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the professors help you with everything.

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Nothing is actually hard if you're like willing to learn.

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And it's,

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it's fun,

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it's really fun.

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There's so much that you can learn from,

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there's so much networking,

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there's so much development going on

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that it will only get better. (MUSIC)

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NJIT makes forensic scientists.