Do you possess the qualities to be a Crime Scene Investigator?

Sunday, February 27, 2011

By Bob Beckman


Do you have the courage to be one of those people running in the crime scene and certainly check the evidences in the location? Are you imagining of becoming a crime scene investigator? Have you seen how CSI work and aim to solve a certain problem? Then I will educate you how to become one and how interesting it is to be one of them.

Being a crime scene investigator requires you to be physically fit and mentally prepared for the job. Agencies require their applicants to be at least a high school graduate, but it is better if you have finished a college degree related to the job you wish to have. Usually, in becoming a crime scene investigator, the best major course that you could ever take up is Forensic Science. You can also get the associate's degree of two years or finish a bachelor's degree of four years.

Nevertheless, you could also learn Criminal Justice of Criminology but then you have to concentrate more on the forensics itself. If you liked to be more challenging, get a Master's degree and have the edge contrasted to others. Taking up a Master' degree will surely ready you to a more difficult field of forensics. This will commonly take six to ten years from the time you graduate from high school. Then after graduating your study, you will be employed by the police department so that you could have your complete police academy training and work as an apprentice or novice. Once you are chosen to be a CSI, you will have to get an advance training in order to be fully aware for the job. This will further increase your skills and ability to solve a crime.

In terms of salary, being a crime scene investigator you'll be getting an average of $40, 000 yearly. Nevertheless this is depending on the agency that you will be designated to. If you have getting more college education and training, then the more you will get paid. On the other side, if you are working in the city, you will get a higher salary contrasted to those at the rural area.

A crime scene investigator is the one who manage a specific crime scene, such as suicides, homicides, murders, sexual offense, and robberies. They first question the scene by getting all the evidences and then will scrutinize what is the possible flow of the crime, how it was occurred, who are engaged, and then will evaluate the data gathered. They are the one responsible in collecting, handling and packaging of evidences. All locations where in there is a chances of solving the crime must be concerned and questioned. They should be aware of what they are doing because any wrong done may interrupt to the progress of the work. CSI are the one also who keep the record the crime scene in great topics, as to what has been thought. Legal concepts of the evidence's usefulness should be regarded and must be kept away from harm.




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