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Forensic Links

So where should you start?

While this site offers a lot of good links for getting you started, you really need to get a book on the field that interests you and go from there. It's the only thing that can offer the depth you really need to make a good choice. Fortunately, there's a lot of good books out there, and pretty inexpensive, too.

Great Books for Landing a Job in Forensics

I went out of my mind trying to find decent books out there to help me find jobs in forensics. But there are a few that are very popular and highly regarded. Any of these would be a good place to start an in-depth look at jobs that are out there.

Blythe Camenson's Opportunities in Forensic Science is a nice start if you're looking for salary statistics on the various jobs, and internet links to back up what you're reading.

The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation is a cool book that uses real-life cases studies, along with photographs, to talk about jobs in crime scene investigation, blood spatter interpretation, fingerprints, hair and fiber evidence, DNA fingerprinting and forensic photography.

The FBI seems to be a popular career for many forensic scientists. If this sounds interesting to you, take a look at The FBI Career Guide: Inside Information on Getting Chosen for and Succeeding in One of the Toughest, Most Prestigious Jobs in the World. It will give you a run-down of what to expect when you join the FBI, and the many hoops and hurdles you'll clear during the application process.

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