According to documents that were leaked to several news sources throughout the city of San Antonio, Texas, city officials are considering the elimination of as many as 37 civilian Crime Scene Investigator jobs. The documents are known as “reduction efficiency …
The hit television programs and movies that glamorize the profession have popularized crime Scene Investigations. But the job of a CSI is far more serious and essential to solving crimes than Hollywood portrays. The profession is one that requires discipline …
When crime scene investigators arrive on the scene of a crime they must take every precaution to leave the scene undisturbed and collect evidence in a thorough and careful manner. In order to ensure evidence is collected in such a …
Ever since the O.J. Simpson murder trial the American public has had a certain level of familiarity with DNA profiling. This is the process used to match the DNA profile of a known substance to the DNA profile of a …
Everyone is familiar with the fact that each person has a unique set of fingerprints. Even in the case of genetically identical twins, their fingerprints are distinguishable. For this reason fingerprints have been used in identifying criminals and crime victims …
Due to the pop culture treatment of forensic science, people are sometimes confused about the different roles played by the various forensic professionals that lend their expertise to solving a criminal case. On television and in the movies often times …
Working for the Central Intelligence Agency is an exciting and rewarding prospect but it is also a very demanding one. Within the CIA there exist a number of divisions that constitute the sum of the CIA’s individual parts. One of …
Many local law enforcement agencies use dedicated crime scene investigators to help them locate, piece together, and analyze evidence. But after more than a decade of the sensational popularization of the field on television and in the movies, many CSI …
As the world continues to increase in technological sophistication it is becoming increasingly apparent that the definition of “crime scene” is not always limited to a physical location. In cases that involve use of the Internet in the commission of …
Crime scene investigations can often be long and painstaking. But in situations where a potential criminal is on the loose, every second counts. One of the most important classifications of evidence crime scene investigators handle is evidence related to guns, …