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Crime Scene Investigator
Salary Range
Detectives and Criminal Investigators make a annual salary of $58,750, a median hourly salary of $26.82, and a mean hourly salary of $28.24.
Education necessary to do the job successfully
To become a crime scene investigator you need to have a bachelor's degree in forensic science, forensic anthropology or forensic biology. Also,criminal justice, molecular biology and biochemist.
Crime scene
This is a picture of a dead body on the scene.
Fingerprint
This is a picture of a finger print a detective found that was left over at the crime scene.
Examing
This is a picture of detectives examing the left over clues at the crime scene. Examining a crime scene can take 12 or more hours!
Job Description/Duties
When your a crime scene investor you examin the details left at the scene of a crime.
Some duties that come with having this job is being a photographer and photographic log recorder,sketch,evidence recorder/evidence and recovery personnel
Some duties that come with having this job is being a photographer and photographic log recorder,sketch,evidence recorder/evidence and recovery personnel
Environmental relationship between the environment and job
When your examine a dead body from a crime scene investigation you can learn more about your body from examining someone else's. Also, if your doing a autopsy on someone's body you can learn how any organs were misused and later figuring out the cause of death.
Disadvantages of being a crime scene invesagtor
Some disadvantages of being a crime scene investigator is that you could be called at anytime of the day or night, the job can be very dangerous, and there is a risk that you may be killed on the job.
Advantages of being a crime scene investigator
One advantage about being a crime scene investigator is that you get to learn more about your human body and how it functions from examining other people's body.
Interesting facts
- Outdoor crime scenes have more difficult challenges for investigators rather then if it was indoors
- Before the 1970s, estimating a victim’s date of death was more guesswork than science
- Crime scene investigators are also known as forensic science technicians because they use scientific methods to analyze physical evidence