Hello! My name is Tania. I am super interested in someday having a job that has to do w/ working at a crime scene. The thing is that there’s so many forensic jobs! It’s a bit overwhelming, but I have looked into some jobs and I am interested in becoming a crime scene investigator or a forensic photographer. I want to find the right job, one that has to do with being at the actual crime scene and gathering evidence or working with the evidence at the crime scene. I just want some sort of guidance
Hey Tania, we’re sad to say that we are just students like you. Forensic science is the application of science to the law, so our best advice is to find the science you like and keep applying for jobs until you get into a crime laboratory. Maybe join a police force and work your way up? We barely know what we are doing career-wise as it is. Where we live, to work at crime scenes you must be a police officer, and photography is usually done by on-duty officers that have received in-house training, but this may be different where you live. So do your research (or go into your local PD and ask them how to get a job in crime scene investigation) and keep trying. Eventually you’ll land somewhere you love/pays the bills.
Best of luck to you!
