Essay On Homicide Investigation

Because the criminal justice system is ran by humans, which means mistakes are bond to happen, more often than not. I plan on becoming a homicide detective. A homicide detective is a member of law enforcement that coordinates murder investigations. Throughout Centuries media has portrayed it as an easy/quick process. More work and effort foes into homicide investigation than media implies. Television series like ‘Criminal Minds’ and ‘Law and Order’ convince viewers that everything they do during the show is how it really is. These shows are over glorified of basic investigation as well as very dramatic interrogations in which each case is solved within a one-hour episode. In reality, a homicide investigation is a lost more complex than what is aired on television. Cases can take years to solve, some might never get solved and stay open indefinitely. Many things, might come to mind when an investigation is mentioned like Criminal Minds and Law and Order. These shows give viewers false information and/or expectations of what really a homicide investigator/investigation is really about. Homicide investigations and its investigators are falsely represented by television. During shows like Criminal Minds as well as Law …show more content…
The show is more about drama then correct procedure. I chose this career because I want to be able to make a difference, if not to the world to a family. I know this carrier isn’t an easy one. The goals of an investigation are to see if the death of the person was caused by a criminal act of another individual, as well as determing and catching the individual who was responsible for the death. The criminal justice field goes way back in my family. I grew up in a family of detectives, paramedics, polices offer, and judges, I practically have it in my blood. I believe I can make a difference and a great addition the criminal justice