How difficult is it for a woman to enter the field of private investigation?
A. Never having been a woman, I can’t say for sure but I don’t believe it would be any more difficult for a woman to become a private investigator than for a man. One of the things that makes becoming a PI easier for some people is the marketing niche they have already in place when they go into the business. A police investigator who, from the prosecution side, has been dealing professionally with all the criminal defense attorneys in town for years, would have an advantage for getting criminal defense work. A Special Investigation Unit investigator from an insurance company who goes into business in the private arena could have a great advantage marketing former SIU associates. Because private investigators must get the cooperation of people without any authority to back them up, it is possible private investigation work is actually easier for women than men. Women tend to be better at subtle persuasion than most men.
