Criminalist

 is this a career worth pursuing? I did my research on a criminalist. Although I did my interview with an investigator, I was able to get some background information. I did my interview with Susan Watts, a chief investigator who has been in the field for twenty years, so I feel her answers were strong enough. Overall, my experience with this interview was good. I feel I learned some new things and it was interesting to get a person's input who is actually pursuing that type of job. Some of the answers to the questions I had already knew, while others surprised me and got me thinking. Questions that surprised me included her feelings about the cases, the amount of experience you actually need to have, and the overall emotions you get from the cases. Susan said that it felt good to help put away the bad guys, and prove the innocent. She said that sometimes it would be hard to go home to family, because the cases can be that intimidating and have that personal affect on you. She was personally affected but I am assuming it must of had a strong impact on her because when asked to comment on it she said she would rather not get into details. I thought you needed a lot of experience to even get started in the field of criminal justice. I was proven to be wrong, Susan said that with just a bachelors degree, you can be put into a program that will give you more training in the specific type of field you want to be in. That surprised me because I thought you had to be in school for at least six years to be even considered for a job. When asked about the specific careers needed for the job she said, being patient, listening to people, and being mature. This also surprised me because I thought the job depended more on your intellect rather then the type of person you are. She described to me that being smart in the field is a good thing, but you could always improve on that, but on your personality and the way you talk and comfort people comes naturally. It was funny to me,...