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Why yes I did. A little birdy PMed me. :D

I have the opposite opinion. Fortunately things aren't like they are on the show. I don't want to carry a gun around with me and interview/deal with criminals. I live in a rather hot part of the US, and I MUCH prefer to be inside the nice cool air conditioning when it is 115F outside. When I...

Don't let that discourage you. There are plenty of fields in forensics that do not require you to deal with blood or autopsies, or even notice minute details. Forensic chemistry (drugs/toxicology) for example. Most forensic scientists do not go to crime scenes.

This article makes it seem like it isn't limited to just medicine/health care.

My understanding is that in the EU you can be discriminated against hiring if you smoke. In the USA that is not the case. I know plenty of people in forensics who smoke.

I know the webmaster of that site. He has an excellent feature on firearmsid.com called the virtual comparison scope. It's an easy/fun way to see what firearms examiner's do.

Re: following the trivia game : I know nothing how can I lea I highly recommend Richard Saferstein's Introduction to Criminalistics textbook . Any version, pick one up used.

I would think the defense would have you on their "probably not" list. Depending on how many other people they would like to have less, you might get dropped off. It definately lowers your chances - if it is a case involving instrumental analysis. Now something like firearms identification...

Depending on the popularity of the TV show, the defense would have an absolute fit with this idea. The last thing they want is the whole nation to see the graphic/bloody/actual evidence related to their case. The graphic nature of some of the evidence would "prejudice" the jury against the...

Q: What do you get when you cross a mountain goat with a mosquito? A: You can't cross a scaler and a vector.

NO idea. We don't have sworns as "CSIs" here in Arizona.

education might play a little role - more getting your foot in the door than anything else. You're going to have to have some minimum degree, but rarely does having a master's or higher help with the pay.

In real life it varies by the agency. Factors that come into play are local job market competition to keep experienced examiners, and what the relative market already has in place. Just like any other job. Typically there are 3 - 4 levels of experience (maybe only 2 - 3 for actual "field"...

Remember when I said I talked to a senior crime scene person where I work, I was only relating her response to a question I asked her about why would you examine a crime scene with a flashlight only, and not turn on the lights. She didn't know it was in reference to a CSI enthusiasts forum...

I talked to one of the senior crime scene gals here. She said examining a crime scene with flashlights only is one of those TV-CSI things that's crazy. With the exception of situations where oblique lighting, alternative (different colored) lighting, or looking for luminol blood stains, they...

Last data that I saw showed that of the violent crimes commited in the US, a fair percentage of it was used with a firearm. But the overall violent crime rate in the US was lower than other countries with gun bans, like Canada, Australlia, and the UK. Instead of guns they just use knives...

Well my degree in college was in toxicology. But as far as firearms training, there are were no programs relating to forensic firearms identification when I went to school. Reason why they wanted me was because I already had such a strong foundation to teach from. It shortened a 3 year...

I was on my highschool rifle team. I broke a national record at 17 which lead to an invite to try out for the US Olympics team - I declined to go to college (more shooting sports in the Olympics than soccer btw). It also lead to my first job at a local gun store, which lead to me learning to...

See I think you'd have already run prints and DNA on the firearm. If you happened to get a print match off of print records on file, you'd have grounds for "hauling them in for questioning". If there was a DNA match, they would most likely already be a convicted felon for their DNA to be in...

I couldn't answer that question. We just don't have registered firearms here. I guess in theory I would have to say yes, but I'd still expect investigators to visit the person who the firearm is registered to and ask him/her where the gun they have registered is. If they say the gun was...