How to become a crime scene investigator

By: Alexis Sotelo

•Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm

•Be available all 24 hours

- To answer emergency calls

When do you have to work?

• Create a hypothesis based on physical evidence, actions of the victims and suspects before, during and after a criminal event

Duty for crime scene investigators

• At least a Bachelor’s degree (Bigger companies)

-Forensic science

-Anatomy

-Chemistry

• Some companies do not require degrees

Education needed

• Visually identify

• Lift heavy objects

• Qualify with firearms

• Operate and maintain police vehicles and equipment

Abilities needed

• 720 hours in crime scene processing

• 80 hours in latent fingerprinting processing

• 40 hours in major death investigation

• 40 hours in advanced death investigation

• 40 hours in photography

• 40 hours in blood spatter interpretation

Experience needed

• Colorado Technical University

University of Phoenix

• Everest College

Colleges you can attend

 • Baldwin, Hayden. How to Become a CSI. International crime scene

Investigators Assn., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.icsia.org/faq.html>.

 • Baldwin, Hayden. The Crime Scene Investigator. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar.

2012. <http://www.feinc.net/csi.htm>.

 • "How to Become a Crime Scene Investigator." How to Guide 365. N.p., n.d.

Web. 12 Mar. 2012. <http://www.howtoguide365.com/how-to/ crime-scene-investigator/>.

 • Williams, Judith. Forensic Scientist. New Jersey: Enslow Publisher, n.d. Print.

Works cited