I believe there are still plenty of markets crying out for more skilled defense experts. There may be a saturation of small/private forensics companies in the UK and the US but I don't believe that is the case across the board, say in continental Europe. There is certainly a shortage of these kinds of operators in Australia. When I worked in Australia as a Law Enforcement examiner for 2 years I never once came across a defense expert. There was the odd cluey defense counsel but they just knew some of the right questions to ask, they never called in their own forensic examiner.
**The caveat here is that I have been out of Aus for nearly 3 years now, but I still don't think there is saturation there, there certainly isn't the number of forensics courses at universities as there is in the UK. I am happy to hear views from people currently working in Aus.**
I wonder if forensic examiner is classed as one of those skills that allows easy immigration to Australia )
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I always thought that certain industries, such as litigation are reasonably 'shielded' from economic downturn.
When the market starts going down, people get more litigious, which in turn employs us.
I think our industry has been discovered by the general public. That is, we do get the individuals who had a 24-hour mail-in course, and now consider themselves experts in the field.
As some of you have mentioned it, a few high-profile cases where the "expert" is chewed up and thrown under the train is required. Thereafter attorneys will think twice about whom to hire for forensic services.