Abstract
Being a Crime Scene Investigator a person needs strong mind, stomach, diligence and high attention to detail.
A crime Scene Investigator job is complicated and gruesome.
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how stressful a crime scene Investigators job is. In this paper a crime scene is presented complicated which calls for high attention to detail and good organization skills. The job is critical but at the same time rewarding and stimulating for curious minds.
Good integrity and ethical character is an important part of this job. Unethical cases and mishandled cases have destroyed a case or lives involved.
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It’s amazing how they find forensic evidence to solve every crime and solve every case in one hour. Real crime scene investigators do not like these shows, and you do not find forensic evidence at many of the scenes that are investigated. Another problem with the television show it helps to educate the criminal. Another thing the show cannot duplicate is the odor of a deceased person for about a week, or a person who has been dead outdoors for a long period of time, not to mention bodies that has been burned. There is investigations involving children and babies, these are heartbreaking deaths. This is like attending autopsies, and if you do not like autopsies get into another line of work. The TV show also show investigators with no gloves or protective clothing in a meth lab, picking up evidence before it is numbered or photographed. The TV show also performs miracles by having DNA evidence back in an hour amazing. There also is a fallacy that crime scene investigators work 9-5 Monday to Friday. In reality it’s a weekend job, middle of the night job, called in on your day off or from your vacation job. On the TV show they never have to do paperwork. The job is fascinating and also rewarding but it is not and far from what you see on TV. (C. Cush, …show more content…
Make sure that you keep your car stocked with the supplies and equipment that will be needed for any type of crime scene. No one has the time to go back to the office to restock in the middle of processing a crime scene. That time could be spent processing the scene as soon as possible. So keep your car stocked with supplies which will help in doing the job accurately and more efficiently. (D. Warrington, 2009).
Warrington stated that “Working a crime scene is a team effort for everyone” the field officers and first responders have to know there job or they can overlook pertinent