Crime Scene Investigator
Salary and Job description
- 51,000 a year
- Look for evidence
- Collect Evidence from the crime scene
- Take photos
- Draw sketches
- Catalog the evidence before sending it to the lab.
Education Needed
A bachelors degree in forensic science is the bare minimum necessity in order to become a Crime Scene Investigator. The more advanced the degree is then the more money a Crime Scene Investigator will make. (just like most jobs).
Evidence being collected
Evidence being examined and drawn
Numbering and Collecting evidence
Pros and Cons
Pros vs. Cons
Pros
- Getting to visit cool crime scenes.
- A job outside of a cubical.
- Adventurous days at work.
- Guidelines are set for every crime scene
- A simple seven step instruction guide is followed at every crime scene.
- Helping convict a suspect.
Cons
- Having to visit gory crime scenes.
- Breaking bad news to family members.
- Telling the press or news there is no information if there really is.
- Easy to make mistakes at a crime scene.
- Unknowingly contaminating evidence and being at fault.
- Helping falsely convict a suspect.