Musings of a Compulsive Thinker

Forensics, Chicago, and My Future?

So I've been doing some research on careers in crime scene investigation and forensics in general. As it turns out, CSI has it wrong. (But hey, it's TV.)

I thought for a while last year that doing "forensics" would be cool, maybe; but the more I thought about it, the more I disliked the idea of dealing with violent crime scenes and grisly dead bodies. I still don't like that idea. But as I discovered recently, that's really only the CSI part of it; after the scene technicians collect the evidence, the analysts take up the evidence and work on it in a lab. OK, they look at photos of violent crime scenes and grisly dead bodies, but they're not actually there. Big difference.

So, once again, forensic analysis is under serious consideration.

Also, I found out (don't ask why I was looking at Chicago apartment listings) that there are decent-looking 1-bedroom apartments available for under $1000/month (utilities included) in Chicago's Lakeview neighboorhood. I found this really cute place in a courtyard building with hardwood floors, right near Wrigley Field, on a nice-looking street with tall, healthy maple & oak trees.

I could live there. I think I'd like it.

And the Illinois State Police run the world's third largest crime laboratory system. They have a nice lab in Chicago, and a "Forensic Scientist Trainee" program that I could do right out of college... Hmm...

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Labels: my future, science

posted by the alygator @ 9:11 AM