What personal skills or qualities are needed to become a Crime Scene Investigator?
A Crime Scene Investigator is one who is engaged in searching, evaluating, collecting, documenting, and otherwise assessing crime scene evidence, toward solving and prosecuting the crime that was committed at that scene. While a Crime Scene Investigator’s job might not be quite as glamorous as the Hollywood versions make them look, it is certainly the kind of job that could keep adrenaline flowing and present some measure of adventure and even danger. Crime Scene Investigators are usually attached to State, City or local law enforcement agencies to aid them in their duties of preventing and solving crimes. Crime Scene Investigators may perform a variety of specific tasks during their investigations of crime scenes. For example, they might dust for fingerprints, or collect and document physical pieces of evidence, or take photographs, or take measurements, or other similar things. Crime Scene Investigators must have a solid understanding of forensics, investigation techniques, crime-lab