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Medical examiners

FY 2022 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices

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This program seeks support to conduct the 2023 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC). This will be the third census BJS has conducted on this topic and follows the 2018 CMEC. The goal of this data collection is to obtain updated information about the operations, workload, staffing, training, policies and procedures of all publicly funded medical examiner and coroner (ME C) offices responsible...

Forensic Sciences

Forensic science is the application of sciences (such as physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and engineering) to matters of law. In criminal cases, forensic scientists are often involved in the search for and examination of physical traces that might be useful for establishing or excluding an association between someone suspected of committing a crime and the scene of the crime or victim. DNA evidence has...

Medical Examiners and Coroner's Offices, 2004

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ALMOST 2,000 MEDICAL EXAMINERS' AND CORONERS' OFFICES INVESTIGATED ABOUT ONE MILLION DEATHS IN 2004

Almost 13,500 Unidentified Human Remains on Record

WASHINGTON About 2,000 medical examiners' and coroners' offices investigated almost 1 million human deaths in the U.S. during 2004...