Who Here is Going in to Forensic Science?

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  1. HoratioCainesGirl

    HoratioCainesGirl Police Officer

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    I am. After getting inspired by CSI, I decided either forensic anthropology, forensic pathology, or forensic archaeology is right for me. Does anyone else think this way?
     
  2. Calihan

    Calihan Captain

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    No, I know that I would never go into forensics. I am not good at science, so that alone prettymuch excludes me.
     
  3. OliverH

    OliverH Victim

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    Well, I have to see. Having worked in molecular diagnosis, I have several applications running at the moment, some to companies which also do genetic fingerprinting. Depends on where I get the offer.
     
  4. kathryn23

    kathryn23 Dead on Arrival

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    I think I'm going into it. I was already interested in forensics before I started to watch CSI.
     
  5. 915

    915 CSI Level One

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    :D I pretty sure I'm going into it. I've always loved science and I too was intrested in forensics before I started watching CSI. :)
     
  6. H_Caine_is_love

    H_Caine_is_love Dead on Arrival

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    yeah i'm gonna do a forensics degree in college. And i was probably influenced by CSI but it looked really interesting and i have been quite a fanatic about forensics ever since.
     
  7. VManso

    VManso CSI Level Two

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    I'm taking a Forensic Science Courde online thru PCDI's School of Legal Studies. I'm already on the third lesson and doing very well.
     
  8. mrb105

    mrb105 Pathologist

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    To be a Forensic scientist u pretty much have to be a cop first, which is what turns a lot of people off about it
     
  9. Forensics_Guy

    Forensics_Guy Witness

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    Not true at all. You don't have to be a cop at all, you might have to work with them, but you shouldn't be anything like a cop.
     
  10. Innocent_guilty

    Innocent_guilty Witness

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    I am going Forensic scientist I reseached it it 4 years in college you can start out as a cop for 7 years or be a in the lab
     
  11. grissoms_gurl

    grissoms_gurl Coroner

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    I've thought about going into Forensic Science. Right now I'm in my second year of Criminal Justice - Policing program. For now, I'm gonna be a cop :D
     
  12. SunsetBoulevard

    SunsetBoulevard moderator.exe Moderator

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    Well, I still go to secondary school, but I do plan I'll become a forensic examiner or something like that. My favourite subjects are biology, chemistry and geology.
     
  13. Guest

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    This is my dream. Science is my passion. I'm studing Environmental Health, and my interest in forensics grew more during this year. So, I'm planning to get a master's degree in forensics. Forecinsic DNA analyst is what I want to be.
    It's kind of far from environment health, which is one of my many interests, but my profesor told me that I can work in both areas because DNA analysis is applicable in both forensics and environmental research.

    Crime Lab..... here I come.....
     
  14. VManso

    VManso CSI Level Two

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    Very true. I t just means that your pay is substantially lower than if you were a police officer beforehand.
     
  15. Forensics_Guy

    Forensics_Guy Witness

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    I guess that is just a foreign concept for me. I haven't met any forensic scientists who were cops who get paid more than civilian scientists. All the top paid working scientists I know have always been civilians.

    Now lab administration might be sworn cops, but they aren't scientists and don't perform analysis.
     

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