A brief history of forensic medicine. It emerged in the state of San Francisco in 1850. Systematic photography was used to obtain identification of criminals. Later in the 1920s, “the Los Angeles Police Department established the first police department crime laboratory in the United States (Timeline of Forensic Science (n.d.). Forensics has continued to progress over the years until become one of the most innovative fields in the criminal justice system. Forensic aid in the prosecution of many cases, as well as in the exclusion of the wrongly accused (Timeline of Forensic Science (n.d.). Forensic technology works primarily for local and state governments in departments of police, in coroner's offices and in crime laboratories. This field is a combination of in the laboratory and in the field the best of both worlds (Forensic Science Technician Career Guide (n.d.). This is what makes the science technician forensic science field of interest; the usual duties of a forensic science technician consist of collecting evidence, investigating the collected evidence, and reporting their findings in writing and may also be called into a court (criminal or civil law) for present their findings before a judge (Forensic Science Technician Career Guide (n.d.). There are several areas of expertise in the field of a forensic technician they are often responsible for or specialize in particular types of evidence such as biochemistry, ballistics, fingerprints and handwriting analysis. It has been said that forensic science technicians are mostly called upon to provide assistance at two points at crime scenes and in crime laboratories (Dillon .H, 1999). Crime scenes contain valuable artifacts that need to be carefully collected and preserved to aid in the reconstruction of crimes by theorizing the events... middle of paper... they need that descriptive writing to help explain the finding and oral narrative provide your experience in a case by explaining the results obtained in words. Excellent social skills, being able to get along with others is important, because you may be placed in work environments that require different technicians working in different areas of the same case, putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. Another very important skill is the ability to control one's emotions (Dillon .H, 1999). The reasons for this top of the list are important because forensic science technicians have to face some gruesome situations like seeing dead bodies, removing blood, objects, seeing crime scenes, so it is imperative to keep control of personal emotions in this chosen career because you could find yourself in the presence of family members of the deceased.