Mexican University to Train Students in Forensics, Filling Lack in Justice System Emir Olivares Alonso - La Jornada
go to original May 22, 2013

One of the most serious shortcomings of the Mexican justice system is the lack of professionals that possess the scientific qualifications needed to carry out investigations of criminal acts. This shortage is leading to inadequate crime scene investigations lacking in scientific precision.

As a result, last January the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) created a degree program in forensic science to prepare individuals to coordinate investigations of various crimes using scientific methods, and with components of scientific investigation contribute to the solving of incidents in the legal, civil, administrative, family and labor arenas, among others.

“The goal is to train experts with backgrounds in chemistry, science, medicine, and humanities that know the importance of their role in the judicial process. Professionals are required who know upon finishing their studies what must be done in an actual case and are capable of carrying out the forensic practice. Of course afterwards they should be directed towards a specialization,” explained program coordinator Zoraida García Castillo, in an interview with La Jornada.

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Translated by Alise Rule

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