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What are some types of careers that involve investigation?

I am more concerned with careers in the criminal justice field, but any careers would help me make a decision #career #criminal-justice #law-enforcement #investigations

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Thank you comment icon Most people hit on the most obvious careers involving investigation. But, don't discount science! -Medical Examiner/Pathologist (Works in conjunction with the police force to determine causes of death.) -Forensic Science -Psychology and/or Profiling (Can be consulted by police force for help on specific cases.) -Psychiatry (This career has many specialties, including geriatric and forensic, both of which are consulted by a multitude of agencies on specific cases; often are invited to sit and speak in court.) -Toxicology (Can be consulted by police forces to determine causes of death.) -Entomology (The study of insects is very useful in forensics! These scientists can tell time, cause, and location of death.) -Environmental Toxicology (Are involved in environmental investigations._ Jackie
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Kevin’s Answer

Depends on what type of investigation you would like to do such as criminal investigation, arson investigators, homicide investigators, just depends on what type of investigation you would like to do. Many employers like to hire people with investigation skills such as fraud investigations, loss prevention investigation just to name a few.


Good luck and the best of choosing the field you want to go in!

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Walter’s Answer

There are many field in investigation. I could not name them all but some are as follows:
Police detective
Police defender investigator
District attorney investigator
FBI
ATF
You can hopefully see we're I am going here. Figure out exactly what type of investigation you might like then look into that area and contact agencies that cover those areas of investigations.


I hope I helped some.
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Kim’s Answer

Texas:
District Attorney's Investigators
Child Protective Services
Insurance Claims Fraud investigator
Bank Fraud investigators
Working for any good attorney who handles criminal defense, divorce, insurance, probate, etc
Office of the Attorney General
Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division
Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission


Federal:
Postal Service crimes
IRS
all the cops: DEA, INS, FBI, CIA, etc
EEOC


Personal opinion: Child Protective Services has extremely high employee turnover. High burnout, high caseload, short-staffed, long hours...
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Jim’s Answer

In the private sector, investigations is generally seen as subset of the security department.  They tend to work closely with Legal and HR. A security department can have a variety of positions that conduct or support investigations.  Intake experts, case management experts, field investigations, fraud investigations, forensics evidence (physical and digital) examiners, loss prevention experts, cyber security investigations, etc.    

Jim recommends the following next steps:

Work on determining the industry that you are most passionate about
Review security / investigator jobs in that industry on sites like LinkedIn
Focus your formal and informal education / training on the traits being looked for in these jobs related to investigations.
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