| Introduction: | | | | forensic artists such as sculpture artists may be |
| Forensic art is an artistic technique in law enforcement. | | | | required to reconstruct faces to help in the |
| It is used in identifying, apprehending, or convicting the | | | | identification of skeletal remains. |
| suspect. Forensic art covers several disciplines of | | | | Educational Requirement: |
| forensic science including image modification, | | | | Educational requirement vary so it is better to contact |
| composite art, post-mortem reconstruction, age | | | | first the personnel or HR department of the law |
| progression, and demonstrative evidence. The | | | | enforcement agency you wish to work for before you |
| complicated coverage of this practice is the main | | | | proceed. However, the qualifications range from a high |
| reason why a forensic artist needs to be adept at | | | | school diploma to a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, |
| doing his/her tasks. | | | | together with trainings given by the law enforcement |
| Job Description: | | | | agency. It is also required that you complete a forensic |
| A forensic artist is responsible for interviewing the | | | | art training. There are many law enforcement |
| victims and witnesses of crime to gather essential | | | | agencies offering specialized forensic art courses. |
| information about how the suspect looks like, and | | | | Forensic Artist Salaries: |
| drawing a cartographic sketch to match the | | | | The hours and wages of forensic artists vary greatly. |
| description given by the victims and witnesses. Some | | | | Only very few forensic artists may be working as |
| forensic artists now utilize computers to help them | | | | full-time workers of a law enforcement agency or a |
| construct pictures. Some agencies may require the | | | | police force, and these people are paid accordingly |
| forensic artist to sketch manually while some allows | | | | with good benefits. However, it is more usual for a |
| the utilization of computer graphics to create the | | | | forensic artist to have freelance or part-time work. |
| images of missing people and showing how these | | | | This usually involves working for law enforcement |
| people might have aged. They may also be | | | | agencies or other freelance art and illustration work. |
| responsible for sketching a reconstruction of the crime | | | | Hourly salary of a forensic artist ranges from $13.68 to |
| scene using some forensic information. Specialized | | | | $25.26. |