provided

DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
Author’s Name
Institute Affiliation
In the law enforcement fraternity, a crime scene investigator is given the responsibilities of identifying, collecting, preserving and packaging evidence where a crime took place. Sometimes, they are mistaken for forensic professionals whose duties include carrying out tests on the physical evidence collected (Geberth, 2007). Although they can perform specific tests, their work is mostly limited to the crime scenes. On the other hand, the death scene investigators are also part of the law enforcement agencies. They are responsible for investigating scenes of suspicious, violent, unexpected or unexplained deaths. Thus, they are responsible for such views. They perform the scenes investigations, collecting information and deciding to what extent investigation will be necessary. In some police departments in the country, the CSI and the DSI perform similar duties at a death scene. They take notes, photographs of both the body and the scene, and also collecting crucial evidence that will be used in that particular case.
However, the two investigators are also different in their duties as well as qualification. A CSI is more of a generalist who will be called to almost every crime scene. Whereas, the DSI have specific functions. They in most cases only respond to death investigations. Typically, the CSI is a division in the police department, while, the DSI is also part of the department, they tend to work more for …