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I want to be a crime scene investigator because I enjoy solving puzzles and would like to be able to help solve crimes. Crime is a major factor of today's life in the United States. Crime scene investigators are the support for the investigator in charge of the case. A crime scene investigator is responsible for the documentation, identification, processing and collection of physical evidence from the scene of a crime.

The collection of fingerprints is only one of many means a crime scene investigator can use to identify or exonerate a suspect of a crime. Fingerprints have been used since ancient times, although used as a means of uniquely identifying a person, only since the ...

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been increasingly accepted in a courtroom. A DNA profile can be entered in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) to identify a suspect anywhere in the USA.

Ballistics can be used to determine the make and model of a firearm that a bullet collected at a crime scene was fired from. By using the marks on a fired bullet, investigators can determine if the bullet was fired from a particular gun. Tire marks and footprints can also be obtained from a crime scene and then compared to a suspect's vehicle or shoes. They are usually used to prove a suspect was present at the scene of a crime.

My own area of interest would be forensic toxicology. My goal is to be able to determine if drugs, whether illegal or medicinal, were a contributing aspect or the cause of death. Forensic toxicologists used many testing methods to conduct their testing for toxins. I have always been interested in chemistry and believe this would be a good field in which I should be involved. A crime ...

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