So you want to work in CSI, huh?
As forensic scientists ourselves, we know how impossibly difficult it can seem to break into this field. Believe us -- we've been there before. You see and hear about jobs you just know you'd be good at, but you haven't an inkling about how to go about it. It seemed that only after we got our first gig, and had a chance to work crime scenes, lab analysis and case work with people in the field, did we really understand all the different types of work and schools that are out there. It was a shame no one was there to tell us about it before we struggled for years trying to break into the field. That's where we hope this site can help.
Real advice. No bull.
Unlike a lot of sites out there, we don't simply dump an Encyclopedia Britannica article on you about what a drug chemist does, or list every friggin school in the country that offers degrees in CSI. We break it down, in simple terms, so you can see where you would make the best fit.
Science, yeah, but not really
Forensic science is as much an art as a science. So you'd probably be pretty shocked at the backgrounds of people who do this thing for a living. Since criminology and forensic analysis cover so many disparate fields, it's impossible for one person to be an expert in all manner of forensic science. So the kind of people who thrive in this field are those who those who may not be the best in math or chemistry, but good enough to understand how both work together, say, in the trajectory of blood spatter tested at the crime scene.
