A crime and justice degree is going to help you with the CSI scene, despite what you’ve read or heard. That said, it is wise to take courses/major that leads towards the CSI career field. I would speak with local CSI labs about opportunities to do internships. Internships tend to open doors and give one so much inside information where it may help you assess your need to, or need not to, take a double major. If there are no internships, I would call law enforcement / CSI agencies in your area to schedule a meeting. You would be surprised how many people in our industry are willing to help. I always try to offer some sort of incentive when asking for such a meeting; lunch will usually do it : )

Good luck

I live in Massachusetts and I know the processes done at a crime scene are abnormal when compared to other states. Basically I am a freshmen in college in Massachusetts as well, majoring in “crime and justice studies”. Not exactly criminal justice because it isn’t offered. Anyways, I basically want to find out all the types of people that visit crime scenes in Massachusetts,and who gets paid the most. I love the fact of visiting crime scenes and might be pushing to the csi route instead of the detective, I don’t want to be cop and I am hoping that a csi might get paid a little bit more. I just don’t know exactly what a csi in MA does because there aren’t fresh crime scenes every day, so do they just run tests in labs all day when not at scenes? Anyways, I know a crime and justice studies bachelors won’t get me anywhere in the csi field so should I double major in both that and a hard science like biology? I am almost 19 and have this year to decide what classes I am going to take next year as I focus on my major or two majors. Thanks.