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O*NET detailed work activityCollect evidence for legal proceedings
Stays humanWatch & inspect
10 jobs17 tasks
Inspecting and monitoring in person means noticing what's off with your own eyes, ears and hands, and being accountable for calling it.
Part of Investigate criminal or legal matters, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (2 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 15 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Perform medicolegal examinations and autopsies, conducting preliminary examinations of the body to identify victims, locate signs of trauma, and identify factors that would indicate time of death.
- Collect and document any pertinent medical history information.
- Inquire into the cause, manner, and circumstances of human deaths and establish the identities of deceased persons.
- Observe and record the positions and conditions of bodies and related evidence.
- Observe, record, and preserve any objects or personal property related to deaths, including objects such as medication containers and suicide notes.
- Summarize pertinent legal or insurance details, or sections of statutes or case law from reference books for use in examinations or as proofs or ready reference.
- Obtain summary of incident from officer in charge at crime scene, taking care to avoid disturbing evidence.
- Collect wills, burial instructions, and other documentation needed for investigations and for handling of the remains.
- Collect evidence to support contested claims in court.
- Prepare evidence for disciplinary hearings, including preparing witnesses to testify.
- Prepare evidence for presentation in court.
- Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
- Collect, identify, evaluate, or preserve case evidence.
- Conduct field surveillance to gather case-related information.
- Analyze data from computers or other digital media sources for evidence related to criminal activity.