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Originally Posted by closetgeek
I have wondered about that process for some time now. Of course it makes sense that in order to be a detective, you would have to go through the process but what about the criminal psychologists and the coroner, etc? Do they take the same steps as the detectives or is the forensic side of it civilian working for the force?
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Well, there are additional steps, of course, inasmuch as a criminal psychologist must get a PhD and a coroner (generally) must get an MD first. (Certainly a "medical examiner," as the term is on
Crossing Jordan--another show that is essentially nothing like the real job--is a medical doctor.) It's an MD you're not going to use much on the living, of course, but those people are doctors. My understanding is that forensic medicine is a specialty choice that you would make in med school, but I could be wrong on that.