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| Coroner | 6/6 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T10:09:50.552754+00:00 | kb-cron |
=== Literature === M. R. Hall is a British crime novelist, who writes a series of best-selling novels featuring Bristol-based coroner, Jenny Cooper. Novelist Bernard Knight, a former Home Office pathologist and a professor of forensic pathology at the University of Wales College of Medicine, is well known for his Crowner John Mysteries series set in 12th-century Devon, England. ("Crowner" is an archaic word for "coroner" and is based on the origins of the word. See the History section above.)
=== Television ===
Although coroners are often depicted in police dramas as a source of information for detectives, there are a number of fictional coroners who have taken particular focus on television.
Dr. Camille Saroyan is a federal coroner and the head of the Forensic Division at Jeffersonian Institute in the TV series Bones. British television drama series The Coroner has as its main character a coroner based in a fictional Devon town. Crossing Jordan features Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The coroners are significant characters and main cast members on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its spin-offs CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. The television series Da Vinci's Inquest has a coroner as its title character. The American police procedural drama series Hawaii Five-0 features a coroner named Dr. Max Bergman, played by Japanese-American actor Masi Oka. Kujo Kiriya from the 2016 Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ex-Aid is a coroner. In Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the detectives are regularly assisted by coroner Melinda Warner. Kurt Fuller plays Woody, a coroner on the American detective comedy-drama Psych. The television series Quincy, M.E. has the title character (a medical examiner) under the authority of the county coroner. The television series Wojeck (the Canadian ancestor of Quincy, M.E.) has a coroner as its title character, inspired by the coroner Morton Shulman.
== See also == Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences – home to the Coroner's Office for Ontario
== References ==
== Further reading == "Public Health Law Program: Coroner/Medical Examiner Laws, by State". Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved 21 June 2018. See also the links at the bottom of the linked article. Harris, Sarah (3 November 2013). "Run for Coroner, No Medical Training Necessary". Weekend Edition Sunday. National Public Radio. Retrieved 21 June 2018. Valdes, Robert. "What Is the Difference Between a Medical Examiner and a Coroner?". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
== External links ==
Dr. G Medical Examiner: Working with the Dead History of the Medieval English Coroner System by Prof. Bernard Knight
=== Coroners by country === Australia, New South Wales – Homepage of the New South Wales, Australian (NSW) Coroners Court Australia, Queensland – Queensland Courts, Coroners Court Australia, Western Australia – Homepage of West Australian (WA) Coroners Court Australia, Victoria – Coroners Court of Victoria England and Wales – Ministry of Justice, Coroners Hong Kong Judiciary – Court Services and Facilities New Zealand – Coronial Services of New Zealand Northern Ireland – Coroners Service for Northern Ireland