subject: Forensic Psychology Increases In Importance In India [print this page] In India recently, the government added a forensic psychology division to their state forensics lad in Mangalore. This is great news for the lab, as it widens their capabilities. The lab handles more than 100 cases each month, and until the addition of the division for forensic psychology. Each of the different divisions at the Mangalore Lab is going to be handling different areas of forensics. The Toxicology Division offers analysis of poison, drugs, and more, while the Biology Division deals with blood, tissue, and saliva. The new psychology division offers psychological tests and profiling, brain mapping, polygraphs, and more.
One of the problems facing the psychology division was in getting people to fill the posts. Even though forensics is very important in the United States, other countries are just now starting to catch up with all of the different technologies and techniques. As the lab starts to expand in Mangalore, they hope to add even more divisions that will be able to cover firearms and chemicals. When they add more divisions, it will increase their functionality, and they will be able to help with more cases.
The Mangalore Lab handles many different types of case, with the majority of them being unnatural death. Drunken driving cases, murder, rape, attempted murder, and assault cases come to the lab as well. More people are going to need to have training if they are to fill all of the positions in these labs, and that means more schools for training should be opened in India. With the success of the lab, surely more will open throughout the country, and this will require even more skilled professionals.
With the increased technology and knowhow in the field of forensics in the country, it should start to make a difference in the rate of solved cases in this area of India. The expansion of the lab into different areas of forensics is a great sign when it comes to the dedication and commitment to making strides in solving crimes.
In the United States, just as in other parts of the world, you will find quite a few jobs open as well. Forensics is one of the most popular careers, and it happens to be lucrative not to mention interesting. As the popularity of these careers expands, as well as the demand you can expect to find even more people who are training for the jobs in other nations.
