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Is it possible to be a forensic scientist and a crime scene investigator? Like a job where find the evidence and you test it?

Asked by Rach C. over 8 years ago

Yes, to some extent. That’s what I’m doing now. It all depends on how much staff and equipment the agency has. For instance I’ll collect items and process them for fingerprints or do preliminary tests for blood or semen, but it’s unlikely that a DNA analyst would also be doing crime scene work.

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Hi so I'm doing a school project on a career I want to do and I was wondering if there was any chance I was able to ask you questions about Forensic science and pathology?

Asked by Bri over 8 years ago

Sure, email me at lisa-black@live.com

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So you wanna be a Forensic Scientist?

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I ask because I saw Saw VI that day I think & they took prints off a guy's closed eyelids. Speaking of which, they found traces of Freon R-12 within the prints, as the hand possessing them was removed from a 'corpse' & refrigerated. Is that possible?

Asked by R-Mod over 8 years ago

I am not sure that it would be possible to detect freon, particuarly the type of freon, as I have no idea what instrumentation would be used or its limits of detection or what effect contact with live or dead would have on the compounds, whether it would tend to react with them or not. I do think it's highly unlikely they would look for that as they would most likely, after the prints had been developed and photographed for the ridge detail, swab up the prints and test them for DNA from the person who left the prints. That process would be designed to detect DNA and nothing else. I suspect these results would come from a magical movie 'Batcomputer' that can tell you every single thing about anything on the planet you drop into it.

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When women have been raped and they do a rape test kit, how can forensic scientists determine if the woman was raped or if it was consensual sex?

Asked by Steffaney Espinosa over 8 years ago

The rape kit will only show biological evidence of another person besides the victim. Bruising, injuries and testimony will be used to determine whether it was consensual or not.

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What is the exact name of the job that is involved in collecting evidence and analyzing it, or is there no such thing? Like for example, does a Crime Scene Investigator's job include gathering evidence from the crime scene and later analyzing it?

Asked by Aman over 8 years ago

That’s a good question, because there is no hard and fast rule—your title is whatever your boss says it is. A CSI may work only at crime scenes or may also do any office or lab analysis as well, it depends on how big the unit is and how work is distributed.

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Can you tell the difference between blood from a cut and blood from a hemorrhage under a microscope?

Asked by Carla over 8 years ago

I couldn’t. I don’t know if a pathologist or biologist could.

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Okay I am righting a book, and I am looking for a way to describe it from a forensic scientist/analyzer's point of view. the man would die with a caved in skull, holding his brain in one hand, and his wife's heart in the other.

Asked by Paula over 8 years ago

Sorry, I'm having a hard time picturing how what you're describing would be possible.

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Is it possible to be a forensic scientist and a crime scene investigator? Like a job where find the evidence and you test it?

Hi so I'm doing a school project on a career I want to do and I was wondering if there was any chance I was able to ask you questions about Forensic science and pathology?

So you wanna be a Forensic Scientist?

I ask because I saw Saw VI that day I think & they took prints off a guy's closed eyelids. Speaking of which, they found traces of Freon R-12 within the prints, as the hand possessing them was removed from a 'corpse' & refrigerated. Is that possible?

When women have been raped and they do a rape test kit, how can forensic scientists determine if the woman was raped or if it was consensual sex?

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What is the exact name of the job that is involved in collecting evidence and analyzing it, or is there no such thing? Like for example, does a Crime Scene Investigator's job include gathering evidence from the crime scene and later analyzing it?

Can you tell the difference between blood from a cut and blood from a hemorrhage under a microscope?

Okay I am righting a book, and I am looking for a way to describe it from a forensic scientist/analyzer's point of view. the man would die with a caved in skull, holding his brain in one hand, and his wife's heart in the other.

Forensic Scientist

Ask me anything!

What do YOU do?

Is it possible to be a forensic scientist and a crime scene investigator? Like a job where find the evidence and you test it?

Hi so I'm doing a school project on a career I want to do and I was wondering if there was any chance I was able to ask you questions about Forensic science and pathology?

So you wanna be a Forensic Scientist?

I ask because I saw Saw VI that day I think & they took prints off a guy's closed eyelids. Speaking of which, they found traces of Freon R-12 within the prints, as the hand possessing them was removed from a 'corpse' & refrigerated. Is that possible?

When women have been raped and they do a rape test kit, how can forensic scientists determine if the woman was raped or if it was consensual sex?

Also on Jobstr...

What is the exact name of the job that is involved in collecting evidence and analyzing it, or is there no such thing? Like for example, does a Crime Scene Investigator's job include gathering evidence from the crime scene and later analyzing it?

Can you tell the difference between blood from a cut and blood from a hemorrhage under a microscope?

Okay I am righting a book, and I am looking for a way to describe it from a forensic scientist/analyzer's point of view. the man would die with a caved in skull, holding his brain in one hand, and his wife's heart in the other.

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