Forensics Colleges & Universities

Forensic science is one of those fields that looks straightforward from the outside. You get the degree, you get the job, you work the cases. And somewhere in that mental picture, many aspiring forensic scientists might assume that certifications play the role they play in other professions, a marker of expertise, a signal to employers, a box to check on the way up.

In order to catch tomorrow’s killers and to protect the innocent, forensics experts will need to look for critical evidence in the places it’s now most likely to be found: a stray email address, a grainy clip of surveillance footage, a single incriminating IP address pulled from a list of countless others.

Forensics is an exciting field no matter the era in which it’s practiced; there’s always a little more than meets the eye. To get a quick look at the history of forensics and the crimes it solved as well as committed, read on.