They specialize in determining the causes of sudden, unexpected or violent deaths. But according to the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. is facing a critical shortage of these professionals.

As Lawrence County prepares for the eventual retirement and unlikely replacement of Dr. Donald Habbe, forensic pathologist at ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After crews pulled a body from Lady Bird Lake Monday afternoon, now the investigative work really begins. Around 1:31 p.m. Monday, officers responded for a check welfare urgent call in ...

Wayne Country Chief medical Examiner Werner Spitz calls intense cross-examination "What you work for. It's a battle of the minds." World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, who made his ...

BARRINGTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Human bones unearthed at a construction site in Barrington were found to belong to an indigenous individual, and a forensic pathologist told 12 News there are specific steps ...

Dr. Werner Spitz spent a lifetime chasing death — and, this week, finally caught up to it. By any measure, Spitz had lived a long time — 97 years — and no doubt will be remembered most as one of the ...

2008 just happens to mark the centennial of the founding of forensic psychology, initiated by the publication in 1908 of the groundbreaking text On the Witness Stand by Harvard University psychology ...