Criminal Justice is a very open major and can involve a lot of different jobs then people think. Its not just either police or lawyer. Even though most of law enforcement jobs you do have to start from being a cop and move up the ladder there is still so many options. I will focus more on the homicide aspect of this blog because when i was very young I was always so fascinated with homicide detective work and solving cases. unfortunately i do not want to be an officer so I wont fulfill my dreams in becoming a homicide detective but i will always express my love for the amount of work that is poured into this job.
In order to solve a Homicide you need hard core evidence. this evidence can be a videotape or making shoe patterns but the best kind of evidence is DNA. Colin Pitchfork was the first person ever convicted of murder from DNA evidence in the UK and it was groundbreaking. I think it is very important to understand the history we have on those groundbreaking cases that helped us develop technology that has help us convict murders. Like when fingerprinting was invented and helping us match those lines with other peoples fingers but also finding out that we all have different patterns. Everyone is so fascinated with murder documentaries but no one ever talks about what work is being done in those documentaries to find the killer and convict them. I think an interactive museum would be so cool and make it catered to solving a mystery. Like those escape rooms but murder mystery and have something interactive in that aspect. Also include something cool like the Cabinet of Curiosities style and when you open a “cabinet” you can see the science behind solving, for example have a physical example of DNA strand and showing how it matches to someone. Another “cabinet” can be someones finger prints and being able to see all the lines up close.
DNA testing for a murder investigation, 1987.
(Magnum Photos)
This Museum will not only give people the hands on experience of learning how detectives go about solving cases but it also shows people what I think it the most important part is evidence. The process of gathering evidence and how important it is. You’ll also learn important cases and how technology is growing in helping solve homicides. “Approximately 50% of murder cases in the U.S. go unsolved, with the national clearance rate dropping to around 51% to 54% in recent years, a significant decline from over 80% in 1965.” (LegalKnowledgeBase.com Editorial Team). Cold cases are also just as important to understand and see how the lack of evidence and DNA can make a case completely unsolvable. After people experience this Museum I hope that it would spread more advocacy on how important it is to collect evidence and that we leave evidence of us everywhere we go.
cites:
LegalKnowledgeBase.com Editorial Team. “Do Cold Cases Ever Get Solved?” Legalknowledgebase.Com, LegalKnowledgeBase.com, 10 July 2026, https://legalknowledgebase.com/do-cold-cases-ever-get-solved. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
Juan Ignacio Blanco. “Colin Pitchfork | Photos | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers.” Murderpedia.Org, 2020, https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pitchfork-colin-photos.htm. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
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