Career in Crime Scene Investigation

For some bold, well-built, and imaginative people, career in crime scene Investigation is very suitable and progressive. Today, crime scene Investigation careers are increasingly popular in countries worldwide, owing to ever-increasing demand for crime scene investigators and forensic technicians in governmental police departments and other departments mentioned below, and also in the private detective agencies.

Lots of forensic science dramas on television have also played their inherent role in making these crime scene investigation careers quite prominent in countries located in all across the whole world, including India. Therefore, in this article we are giving all-round and highly productive information about the career in crime scene investigation in India and abroad, along with diverse crime scene Investigation jobs.

A Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) is a sworn peace office with ample experience in law enforcement, and with exclusive expertise in collecting and analyzing evidences gathered from the crime scenes. He / She knows very well what evidences to collect, and how to process the evidences, to satisfy the scrutiny of the defense attorneys. The crime scene investigators work generally with police and are among those officers who arrive at a crime scene. Usually they are in plain clothes and civilian, but they can also be in police uniform while discharging duties of a law enforcement officer. The crimes they investigate vary in type and seriousness, from simple burglary and vehicle crime to gruesome murder and rape. These specialized law enforcement personnel identify and gather all necessary pieces of evidence, in order to weave the theories and motives behind the occurrence, speculate the sequence of events, or how long ago these transpired, and thus help in conviction of the offenders. The crime scene investigator also decides whether support of forensic scientists or specialists is required or not. CSI gives instructions to the evidence technicians for safe packaging and transporting of all significant pieces of evidence collected from the site of crime.

• Collect & preserve significant evidences found at the site of the crime
• Identify, measure, record, and analyze substances using advanced instruments and equipments
• Study reports given by laboratories, and analyze possible causes, motives, and methods in connection with the crime
• Discuss discerningly with specific field experts over fingerprints, documents, handwriting, ballistics, chemistry or metallurgy, or electronics, etc., in order to interpret evidences
• Prepare reports based on all findings, and narrate events of the crime
• Present as a witness in court trials and hearings

Crime Scene Investigation Jobs Courses in India

The crime scene Investigation jobs in india, the most prominent organizations are the Central and State police departments, and private detective agencies. However, the knowledge and skills gained through doing course for crime scene investigation can easily be applied also in the fields of drug research, customs, chemical industry, environmental protection, accidental investigation, biomedical sciences, and so on.

Here, it is noteworthy that the crime scene investigator positions are not the entry-level positions. They require experience in law enforcement, forensic science, intuition, and sound judgment gained from investigating in many diverse crimes. Therefore, a bachelor's degree in any one of the fields of crime scene investigation, forensic science, computer forensics and cyber crime, criminology, criminal justice, forensics, forensic psychology, etc., is highly suitable, along with some practical training and investigation experience. As far as the crime scene Investigation courses in india are concerned, the following are the most reputed institutes that provide such courses at diploma, graduate, and postgraduate levels:

• Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar
• Sparkle Institution of Forensic Science (SIFS) India, Delhi
• National Institute of Criminology, New Delhi
• Punjab University, Chandigarh
• Institute of Forensic Science, Mumbai
• Amity University, Noida
• Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
• Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

For online courses in these subjects, the most famous and popular universities in the world are Kaplan University, American InterContinental University, Ashford University, Saint Leo University, South University, etc.