Forensic toxicology is a less corpse-ified division of forensic science - but I'm biased, as it's one of my favorites. If you're not a chemistry fan, you can go for something like handwriting or fingerprint analysis, or even go into profiling (which is fascinating!). Sound/Geology/document examination are also non-corpsey fields, but it's difficult to get a job exclusively in them.
I suppose it's how you look at it. Most of the time working in the lab will circumvent chasing down the bad guys, but it doesn't mean it's going to be non-corpsey. If you think you'd be cool with death scenes, blood spatter analysis is also really awesome. You generally have multiple specialties like blood spatter analysis and photography. Fingerprint analysis won't keep you in the lab all the time. I'd recommend pursuing as much education on forensic science as you can, especially all things lab-related. Once you start on your classes, you can find out exactly what fits your interests.
I start my death investigation classes through my job in two weeks, which means I get to spend a couple hours with a couple bodies a month. It's going to be exciting, though it'll probably take me a little while to get used to the work environment >_
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Date: 2008-03-13 11:00 pm (UTC)I suppose it's how you look at it. Most of the time working in the lab will circumvent chasing down the bad guys, but it doesn't mean it's going to be non-corpsey. If you think you'd be cool with death scenes, blood spatter analysis is also really awesome. You generally have multiple specialties like blood spatter analysis and photography. Fingerprint analysis won't keep you in the lab all the time. I'd recommend pursuing as much education on forensic science as you can, especially all things lab-related. Once you start on your classes, you can find out exactly what fits your interests.
I start my death investigation classes through my job in two weeks, which means I get to spend a couple hours with a couple bodies a month. It's going to be exciting, though it'll probably take me a little while to get used to the work environment >_