DEVELOPING MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATOR SYSTEMS IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

As a result of recent national events involving high-profile murder ca sts, medicolegal death investigation has begun to slowly receive the a ttention it deserves. Despite continued local problems of financial su pport and political control, the development of regionalized centers o f forensic excellence is gradually improving the access of rural and s uburban aeas to high-quality forensic science services. Recent efforts to improve the duality of lay death investigators through hiring prac tices, training, and certification promises to eventually provide more professionally qualified and experienced death investigators.