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by carlosgg 2478 days ago
7 of the 8 authors listed are women, pretty cool.
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Anecdotally, it has been my (limited) experience that the Forensic Sciences are dominated by women, in terms of the makeup of the average lab at the academic or state/federal level. Academic programs seem to show this trend as well:

https://news.psu.edu/story/276199/2013/05/07/research/probin...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1940904080262974...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X1...

Source: Worked in a forensic genetics laboratory during my undergrad, and some of my best friends are forensic scientists.